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Once Said Often Repeated

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.C.S. Lewis


Mean people don’t bother me a bit. Mean people who disguise themselves as nice people bother me a lot.UnknownSilence is the best answer to someone who doesn’t value your words. Unknown

“I wonder if God created man because he was disappointed in the monkey?”
Mark Twain


Are you carrying? Code for Do you have a mask with you?


A member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.””That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”

“He had delusions of adequacy.”  Walter Kerr


“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”  Winston Churchill “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” Clarence Darrow

“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.”  Moses Hadas 

 “I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”  -Mark Twain 

“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends..”  Oscar Wilde 

 “I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one.”George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill 


“Cannot possibly attend first night,will attend second … if there is one.”Winston Churchill, in response. 

 “I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.”  Stephen Bishop
 
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.John Bright 

 “I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” Irvin S. Cobb 

“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.”  Samuel Johnson 

“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” Paul Keating 

“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” Charles, Count Talleyrand


“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” Forrest Tucker  “Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”   Mark Twain 

“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork..”  Mae West 


“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”  Oscar Wilde


“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.”  Andrew Lang 

“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”  Billy Wilder

“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” Groucho 
 

War and Peace, Turkish Rendition

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The present is confounded by the future, the future is confounded by the future beyond it, and the memories bubble up in disorder, and the heart is unpredictable.


Because we cannot fly, we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek, and then, after all that, the years go by, the mountains are levelled, the valleys rise, the rivers blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea.


It tells the story of a small town in southern Anatolia and how it fits in to the great upheavals of war, religion and nationalism in the early 1900s.

“Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrows.”


It is a beautifully written, historical war story – detailing the cost of History lessons.

The same author as Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (another “you should read”)


Birds without Wings, Louise de Bernieres, 2004

Being Neighbourly

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Neighbours Leave a comment

Lights. Music. Action

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Music Leave a comment

Philosophy 801

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

Unveiling Number 11

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

The Goddess of Wine has selected another dozen mystery wines for us and this is the unveiling of the first of the case.

It is the most sold Portuguese White Wine in the world.  You’ll find it in more than 70 countries and the brand had stayed relevant through innovation. There’s lots of citrusy fruit flavours. Tangy too.

You can’t miss the brightly coloured label – it certainly stands out.


Serve it really cold … put the glasses in the fridge for half an hour before too. It’s young, very light, and fresh. Simple.


VINHO VERDE – AVELEDA CASAL GARCIA

10% alcohol

$11.49  regularly $12.49

UPC: 05601096208308

mystery case Portugal Vinho Verde

Getting to the Glass

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

From Tiny Beginnings in April

Rekindling memories

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

I Remember You said the lady behind the tasting bar, as we walked into the winery.   What a memory!  She was a client when I worked for MLC, with more than 20 years between seeing each other.  That was 7 years ago.


And the 2019 Pino Grigio is better than we remembered the last vintage we tried.  

It’s light and crisp.  Medium bodied.  The only negative about it is that it is so mouth-watering that it wants you to keep drinking it.


Inniskillin Pinot Grigio 2019

$12.99

12% Alcohol

UPC: 00620654011094

inniskillin Pinot Grigio

Despicable SOBs … and other great stories

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir 2 Comments

Despicable SOBs … and other great stories


The Granddaddy of investigative reporters, George Seldes, renders us a gentleman’s overview of recent history and the characters that shaped it.  

This is an unmuzzled account of events of an observer who was in the right place at the right time. An intimate and personal perspective.  A muckraker par extraordinaire with a great sense of humour.

Witness to a Century, George Seldes, 1987, ISBN 345-33181-8

Lessons in aging

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

As I’ve aged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fbTrQKFFzQ

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