Recent Pics etc

Last night's episode of Agents Of SHIELD was interesting to see how Simmons survived on that extrasolar planet. I am really enjoying this season of it. I also watched two episodes form the first season of Haven Then a few more episodes from classic X-Files.

This morning my Lodge payment actually came in. So i will be doing the five remaining visits i have for them this month. It seems to be a quiet month all round which does not bode well at all.

Also recent pics i took from Friday.


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Faversham Preston Street

Birthday Greetings

Happy birthdays to scripsi and harvey_rrit today. May you both have a great day.

Fiddlesticks

I popped over to Whitstable to do a purchase and refund visit at a charity shop to find that when i get there the said chazzer is having a one pound on everything sale, so it make my purchase of a five pound item such as clothing redundant as i cannot o the refund thirty minutes later. I have told the research company about this and thus will not be able to visit until after the sale in two weeks times.

Oh fiddlesticks

The Demise of The Independent Record Store (Again)

As you know folks , i am ry much into jazz styles and here is another shop, albeit in the States, having to close down, and with it a slice of vinyl jazz history.


Jazz Record Mart Owner Reaches Deal to Sell All His Records, Closing Soon

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160206/river-north/jazz-record-mart-owner-reaches-deal-sell-all-his-records-closing-soon

Once again. a case off fucking greedy landlords.

Book 13 - Joanna Harris "Five Quarters Of The Orange"

Joanna Harris "Five Quarters Of The Orange" (Black Swan)






Having read "Chocolat" some time ago , this one i wanted to read with anticipation. I picked this up midway last year in one of my charity shop bombings.


Framboise, a middle-aged widow, returns to the town on the Loire where she spent the first decade of her life. During the German occupation in World War II, Framboise, her older brother and sister, and their mother were involved in an event so terrible that they fled the town. Framboise's mother has died in the intervening decades. She left an album filled with her recipes and with seemingly random notes. Framboise returns to the town and restores the family's old farmhouse which she bought from her brother. She supports herself by opening a cafe where she serves her mother's recipes. The life she has built depends on keeping her real identity secret. Framboise is known by her married name, and she looks nothing like the child she was when the family left. A greedy nephew threatens to dig up the secrets that Framboise has tried so hard to keep.

This book was long-listed for the Orange Prize and I can see why it didn't make it onto the shortlist. It doesn't have the weight that judges of literary prizes would expect. However, it does have the right ingredients to transport readers to another time and place and hold them spellbound until the end. I read this book in a day. I couldn't sleep until I had finished it.

It's not really a mystery. Framboise knows the secret at the heart of the book. It's no mystery to her. She just won't give the secret up easily. It's part coming of age, as Framboise remembers events from her 10th year. It's part family drama, exploring sibling dynamics and the conflict between Framboise and her difficult mother. It's part historical fiction, dealing with the German occupation of France in World War II. There's even a little romance sprinkled in the book. The descriptions of French farm cuisine, the smells and sounds of summer, and the feel of the river delight the senses. It's a rich, rewarding reading experience that I highly recommend.