Farewells

Not a self-portrait

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I enjoyed this:

..and this (well done, Sunny Sandler):

I just learned that Mario Adorf died earlier this year at the age of 95. He was in loads of films and TV shows including the BBC series Smiley's People. But he will always be Don Camillo to me.

And goodbye, Dolly...

A memory popped into my head of my once telling Alex Chilton about meeting, very briefly, Willie Nelson after a show at The Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Willie had time for everyone who waited outside his tour bus. He looked at you while you were talking to him, holding your gaze until you broke eye contact first. This reminded Alex of meeting Dolly Parton and her being so very sociable and generous with her time, chatting on longer than politeness required.

If you haven't read it, Dolly's letter to graduates of her Imagination Library is a thing of beauty.

To other matters.

I can recommend the lentil soup here:

I am still attending life drawing classes...

And meanwhile back at the ranch...

Go well. x

14th August

I didn't know John Douglas well. But whenever I met him he was easy company with a centred kindness you couldn't fake. People only had good things to say about him. Another reminder that life is not fair.

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I have just finished David Sedaris "The Land And Its People". I could never pick a favourite Sedaris essay but, touching on mortality,  "Friends" is pretty special.

Now trying this cos I liked Tokyo Express:

Ian Nairn. I liked watching this and therefore this. Somehow melancholic. And moving. And funny.

I like this image - by Renato Guttuso - very much:

'Woman Sewing'

Enjoyed Glasgowspotting in the latest Spiderman film.

Ever rubbed garlic on toasted bread then spooned on grated tomato mixed through with salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil? If not - I recommend it.

Nearly finished - after an extended hiatus - the final season of Better Call Saul.

I am writing music for a feature length documentary that I can't tell you about.

And now - the gallery...

Gilbert The Goat