Quy Nhon, Vietnam
April 21, 2014
Last night here in Quy Nhon and I will be truly fucking happy to escape this place which promised so much, but has delivered so very little. This is always a potential problem when traveling without much of a plan other than a general direction of North, and picking up ideas of where to head […]
Dar Melody – Fes (review)
April 21, 2014
Our plush sanctuary at Dar Melody. The medina of Fes is a labyrinth, a maze, a hectic, vibrant bazaar. In such an environment, the ideal lair for a traveller, is a refuge, an oasis, right in the thick of the action. A launching pad for adventures and a home away from home when your feet […]
Pisani’s restaurant – Bicheno, Tasmania
April 21, 2014
MAIN serving of gnocchi pesto…Despicable. Whilst the authentic Huntsman spider on the wall and delicious looking assortment of jars and cheeses and hams and lively patrons all served to encourage our confidence in choosing Pasini’s for a pricey dinner to treat ourselves after a hard but satisfying afternoon in kayaks, the picture of happiness and […]
mother nature flipped a switch
April 21, 2014
Its the small, consistently available pleasures, which make a man happy, the more natural these pleasures, the better… a week or so back, Winter turned to Spring, mother nature flipped a switch, the gaze of the sun goddess returned, for at least a few hours every day, sometimes… those few hours fall upon that special […]
John the Baptist
April 21, 2014
I have always thought and felt that the eyes are far more than a normal sensing organic tool. They have the soul in them, not just behind them, but in them, in their glare, in the energy they convey…I think something comes out of eyes, like a torch beam. A beam of energy which is […]
the first black man in the shite house
April 21, 2014
The first black man in the white house, I was one of the millions taken, with the idea that change was afoot, the root of global politics finally shaken.. the last chapter in the slavery book, closed and forgotten, the lynch mobs, ku klux clan, universally declared dead and rotten… a new era upon the […]
Killer Joe
April 21, 2014
I’ve never been a major or even minor fan of Mathew McConaughey. Neither of his face nor his acting. He has always struck me as a descendant of Skeletor or some other skull-faced bother…typecast into pretty boy roles in romantic comedies for The New Dumb to laugh at and smile at his curls, now and […]
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman – J. P. Donleavy
April 21, 2014
A few years ago I read The Ginger Man, by the same author, and i loved it…Since then, i have purchased The Beastly Beautitudes of Balthazar B, or a similar title, by Donleavy…but I never attempted to dive properly into it, and have since lost that book. So, with nothing left to devour of […]
The White Guard – Bulgakov
April 21, 2014
I am in several minds as to how to review this book. For several reasons…After been introduced to Bulgakov via Diaboliad, Heart of a Dog, The Fatal Eggs, the brilliant Country Doctors Notebook and the timeless classic, The Master and Margarita, I was confirmed as a steadfast devotee of Mikhail. He ranked up there with […]
A picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
April 21, 2014
After acquainting myself with the vibrant story of Wilde through the high esteem with which others anointed him, I finally picked up one of his novels through a decidedly one-sided exchange with a Hanoi book-monger. To loosen myself of Last Legion (Manifredi) was joyful, Under the Eagle (scarrow) hardly heartfelt but adding into the equation […]
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