https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_mBJgsaxlY Mr Gato DU is somewhere in Australia enjoying his new freedom with changed owners. If they treat him with respect he will take them to places far and wide and show them the diversity and beauty of this vast land. After a long search and lots of questions involving cost benefits, size, easy management … Continue reading Some Thoughts on ANZAC Day
In the Seat of Power
Washington D.C. from Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac River Washington D.C. is a one trick town. Take away the politicians and their coterie of aides and what do you have left. Lawyers and lobbyists, that is what you have left. According to a man we met on the street (and DC statistics) one in … Continue reading In the Seat of Power
Aspen
Bicycle races are coming your waySo forget all your duties, oh yeahFat bottomed girls, they'll be riding todaySo look out for those beauties, oh yeah Bicycle Race by Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury's song "Bicycle Race" was by no means a reference to Scouts disappearing svelte derriere on the Rio Grande trail in Aspen. Apparently inspired … Continue reading Aspen
Good for the Soul
Spent the last yearRocky Mountain wayCouldn't get much higherOut to pastureThink it's safe to say - Rocky Mountain Way - a Joe Walsh song It is well known that Joe Walsh was a member of the Eagles rock band but less well known that this American musician joined the New Zealand band Herbs and played … Continue reading Good for the Soul
All Hail “The King”
For reasons I cannot explainThere's some part of me wants to see GracelandAnd I may be obliged to defendEvery love, every endingOr maybe there's no obligations nowMaybe I've a reason to believeWe all will be receivedIn Graceland - Graceland by Paul Simon The story is, Paul Simon wrote the song Graceland as part homage to … Continue reading All Hail “The King”
Keith Urban is a Big Deal
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up highThere's a land that I heard of, once in a lullabySomewhere over the rainbow, skies are blueAnd the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true From "The Wizard of OZ" written by EY Harburg and Harold Arlen When Dorothy clicked her heels together in Kansas and … Continue reading Keith Urban is a Big Deal
Boulder, Colorado, Covid and a New Entry Port
But the Colorado Rocky Mountain highI've seen it rainin' fire in the skyThe shadow from the starlightIs softer than a lullabyRocky Mountain highRocky Mountain high From Rocky Mountain High - Written by John Denver and Mike Taylor A view of Wonderland Lake up to the foothills If you have ever walked in the Rocky Mountains … Continue reading Boulder, Colorado, Covid and a New Entry Port
Mr Gato has an Okker cousin
Well I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again.. Canned Heat (Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson) After a long European tour Mr Gato was retired to a new home in Mazan, Provence where he was lovingly restored by Regine and Bernard Arrigi and family. Or possibly … Continue reading Mr Gato has an Okker cousin
Vancouver and Victoria – on the way home
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much olderYour famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulderYou'd been to the station to meet every trainAnd you came home without Lili MarleneFrom Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen Sadly, in November 2016 (yes that long ago) Canadian singer/songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen passed … Continue reading Vancouver and Victoria – on the way home
Nashville, Tennessee
Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty twoGuitar pickers in NashvilleAnd they can pick more notes than the number of antsOn a Tennessee anthill The Lovin' Spoonfull's Nashville Cats written by John Sebastian N I usually try to write a title to my posts that (I think anyway) is a little bit witty. Nashville, though, seemed … Continue reading Nashville, Tennessee
Till They Sparkle
Hatley Park - the home of a thousand windows Till They Sparkle By Mike Brooke The house stands tall and Georgian proud. All red brick and square set windows That must be cleaned. The London crowd Are coming, a bunch of arty weirdos Five hundred different panes of glass Dusty, smeared with spiders work High … Continue reading Till They Sparkle
Travels With Mr Gato Downunder 