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- the sunless parlour
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 4 days old
- “…in a sunless parlour where an old clock ticked in the shadows and a cat slept by the empty grate.” (Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited) ***tidings*** Recently, Jocelyn Lindenridge-Blanche began to write his first prose, fantasy fiction about Prince Carpathian. As I’ve said more than once, I hate fantasy fiction. But I love Jocelyn and cannot... more
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- intermediation
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 11 days old
- NB: It rots the senses in the head! It kills imagination dead! It clogs and clutters up the mind! It makes a child so dull and blind He can no longer understand A fantasy, a fairyland! His brain becomes as soft as cheese! His powers of thinking ruts and freeze! He cannot think--he only sees! (by Roald Dahl) Q: What is “it”? A: Tee Vee However... more
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- more exotic
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 13 days old
- ***Life's rich tapestry. Thanks for that.*** In this role I feel at ease too. . . *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ***My shalow heart's the only thing that's beating*** I read the book Brideshead Revisited more than once, but not in English which was my great mistake, because if only I read at least one book by Evelyn Waugh in... more
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- books
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 17 days old
- **the script** Reading The Magician, by W. Somerset Maugham, I thought that the novel could be a good groundwork for a script of a good mystic thriller: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14257/14257-8.txt The Magician is an early W. Somerset Maugham novel, published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley,... more
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- (My) Conversation
- by birdsong
- in birdsong.blog.co.uk
- 22 days old
- Inspiration. The pleasure principle B) An absolute joy But we are not men And you are not strong And we are not fools I call you 'mirror' • Miss Hudson Boo • says: (22:30:48) She knew she should not have had that last glass of red • Miss Hudson Boo • says: (22:30:59) he felt dead awkward • Miss Hudson Boo • says: (22:31:10) she sighed • Miss... more
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- following the pencil
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 29 days old
- ***green peace for ever*** A long time ago (April, 1905), in a world far far away (St. Petersburg), an outstanding poet by the name of **Alexander Blok** wrote a poem called **The Little Priest of Marshland** or **The Marsh Little Priest** that ended in this way (translation is mine): …He takes off his hat and prays for the blade of grass that... more
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- one of the stories
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 29 days old
- There are some stories which I dearly love and which I would like to be published on the Net. One of them is: **SREDNI VASHTAR** by **SAKI** Conradin was ten years old, and the doctor had pronounced his professional opinion that the boy would not live another five years. The doctor was silky and effete, and counted for little, but his opinion... more
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- junction of times
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 34 days old
- ***Through the Looking Glass or A Rebours*** And after words, in radiant garments dressed With sound of flutes and laughing of glad lips, A pomp of all the passions passed along All the night through; till the white phantom ships Of dawn sailed in. Whereat I said this song, Of all sweet passions Shame is the loveliest. (Lord Alfred Douglas “In... more
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- my one year anniversary on the website
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 46 days old
- **KT Tunstall -- White Bird** White bird in a golden cage on a winter day, in the rain. White bird in a golden cage alone. White bird must fly or she will die. White bird must fly or she will die… [The author of the song White Bird seems to know of Chekhov’s play The Seagull.] APRIL 9--birthday of Billy Brandt. APRIL 13--my one year anniversary... more
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- pagan melody
- by ohlala007
- in ohlala007.blog.co.uk
- 53 days old
- ***Sorceress by J. W. Whaterhouse*** My imaginary embodiment in the dim and distant past. I always believed that I look much like the pre-Raphaelites’ Muse. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* **more naked youths at Revue_Blanche** *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ***With the blessings of Hermes Logios*** Ancient... more
