Is It Monday Already?

I had a sneezing bout this morning but now no longer have it,after taking some preventative measures.

Thee weather has been sunny and a little warmer,although the forecast for tomorrow is not as good with the possibility of rain. It just so happens that tomorrow is lunch club day again. Phil will be picking me up at ten in the morning and then heading off to Brighton.

It will be the usual haunts of The Evening Star and Bella Italia.

Last night i watched a couple of DVD's "X Files The Movie" and "Avengers Assemble" as well as catching up with the latest episode of Legends Of Tomorrow.

I had more fish today and bought some smoked mackerel fillets marinated in a chilli sauce,with a vegetable medley and some mashed potato. The mackerel was really spicy!

I am finding the Georgee Perec book a bit of a slog to get thrush,so i have put it aside to read some other books,including one on existentialism.Perhaps i am a sucker for difficult reads.

Book 23 - Wilfred Owen "Anthem For Doomed Youth"

Wilfred Owen "Anthem For Doomed Youth" (Penguin Little Black Classics)




Poignant,harrowing and just beautiful.. these poems from the Great War (1014 - 1918) will melt your heart and reminds us of the futility of war. Contained within this slim volume are 37 poems by the poet who,was killed just a week before Armistice Day.

This is the poem that gives the book its title. For just 80 pence these little black books are terrific value for money.



What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, -
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds.

Shannen

Shannen is still battling with cancer but getting stronger. May we see her Charmed again?

Shannen Doherty Battles Cancer. 2 Years Later, Makes One Crucial Post That May Be Her Last


http://tap.com/7530/shannen-doherty-shares-cancer-update-on-social-media/?utm_source=vinspire&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=main&src=countrylife

Stay strong and fight it,

Monday Music Selection

Musical traversing tine.

Loreena McKennitt - The Old Ways

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