Monthly Archives: January 2016

A Few Pennies for a Lot of Thoughts

Posted on January 31, 2016 by colonialist

For R5-00 at our local flea market yesterday (equivalent to £0-22p or $0-31c) I purchased a set of one CD and one DVD – obtainable from Amazon for £23-63 or R534-81.   For anyone who grew up in and shortly after … Continue reading →

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Such R Certainly Vibrant Occasions

Posted on January 29, 2016 by colonialist

For the Weekly Photo Challenge, we have a Vibrant theme. With a vibe to do a rant Understanding would be scant; Rather, let this vibrant scene Show occasion that has been Not reflected here to date – From first school, a … Continue reading →

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Water Really Awful Pity.

Posted on January 27, 2016 by colonialist

A really good rain Off roof down the drain … I’m thinking a thank That we need a tank As most modern way With water to stay. (Though it is the truth, When I was a youth, With tanks we got … Continue reading →

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Optimistic by opting to miss sticks.

Posted on January 23, 2016 by colonialist

And the weekly photo challenge is Optimistic for which I feature the launch of a tree-climbing proclivity in then-younger R. © January 2016 Colonialist (WordPress)

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You are Really Awfully into Light Operetta.

Posted on January 22, 2016 by colonialist

Though you insist that Haydn You cannot be abidin’, And Beethoven, you claim, Did not deserve his fame, Plus you declare that Mendelssohn, Of all your favourites, isn’t one, And all the stuff of Handel To mods can’t light a candle, … Continue reading →

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A Well-Travelled Book About a Journey

Posted on January 19, 2016 by colonialist

Originally posted on Leslie Hyla Winton Noble:
A pleasant surprise awaited me at the Brighton Beach Post Office today.  It was a copy of the published version of The Long Slumber by James Walker Hastie which I edited last year, sent to…

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The Alphabet to Omega is all Greek to me.

Posted on January 16, 2016 by colonialist

The Weekly Photo Challenge is Omega Wager … er, no, not quite right … oh, I know.  It was Alphabet, write? Well, for starters, let me delve into archives and copy one day of rhymes I did on every letter of … Continue reading →

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Really Awful Racist Rhyme with Monkeys

Posted on January 14, 2016 by colonialist

The recent mass hysteria On ‘racist’-type remarks Was voiced by those I fear who are The dimmest of dim sparks. Except for those who got enraged At that disgusting slime Said Hitler tactics be engaged – Now, that was just … Continue reading →

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Less Wait to be Weightless

Posted on January 9, 2016 by colonialist

For the current Photo Challenge, Weight(less) is the topic.  Well, the easiest way to be suspended without artificial things like wings or catching hot air in a balloon hanging over Parliament (or some lighter-than-air gassing, which amounts to the same thing) … Continue reading →

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Really Awful Hamlet Production of Sterling Quality

Posted on January 5, 2016 by colonialist

‘To buy or not to buy, that is the question.’ Beware of flea-market allure, For what you find appealing May complicate matters for sure, Creating double-dealing; A hamster cage was very cheap, But hamsters cost another heap, And extras come … Continue reading →

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