Random Jottings ~ Mortality
in the midst of life we are in purgatory
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in the dark, all paths are unknown
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every day we live we learn something new
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I could have died for her, but I couldn’t live for her
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there can never be love without despair about life
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an awareness of one’s own mortality
can mean we live a truer and more meaningful life
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the pain of loneliness is the most meaningful part of our mortality
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the only thing real in Life is Love
so accept the pain of the dance
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Come Fly With Me
we have nothing to lose and a whole world to see
Of course, this song is very appropriate today because, despite the much heralded ‘end of lockdown’, we English aren’t allowed to fly anywhere very much. Certainly we are prohibited from flying to the USA, and you Americans aren’t allowed to come here either. Unless you are a politician or a prince.
This makes Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, and Prince Harry the three most disliked ‘men’ by all good Englishmen and true. We can’t stand their wives either…..
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Pan Am Super Constellation
the good old days of air travel
Songs on Saturday ~ I’m a Believer
belief is not a given thing
Amazingly, the weather here has been so fabulous over the past couple of days that on Friday I walked 10 miles in the sunshine. This song got hold of me for some reason, and made me smile even more, because it made me think of someone I know.
I know I should have played either The Monkees or Neil Diamond version, but I think this one is even more fun.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
this guy steals those movies
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Danger Zone
I feel the need… the need for speed
Following my post Blinding Lights earlier today, I thought that we would all like to see this classic Kenny Loggins track from the movie Top Gun.
Well, it makes me smile, and smiles are in short supply right now.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
before the F-14 Tomcat
this was the big stick
Scenes on Sunday ~ Independence Day
freedom belongs to those with the courage to defend it
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
uncommon valor was the common virtue
Scenes on Sunday ~ Marmaduke
the young at heart can find a friend in a teddy bear
could be Huntington Beach
Marmaduke, the Thinker
Somewhere in Utah
Kilroy Wos Here
downtown Big Bear
jack collier
jackcoller7@talktalk.net
marmy, the gymnast
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Big River
I might be broke, but the fog on the Tyne is all mine
Not many Americans will have a clue who Jimmy Nail was, nor the character he used to play in a TV series they’ve never seen. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was compulsive viewing when there really were dole queues in England. Bits of Newcastle still look like the monochrome scenes in the video clip.
Please listen with some nostalgia for better times.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the famous five bridges
Scenes on Sunday ~ Penshaw Monument
build it and they will come
even to a Greek temple in the North of England
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
you can see it for miles and miles and miles
Geordies and Angels
I could not have made it this far
if there had not been angels along the way
just off the route of the A1, just outside of Gateshead in the North East of England, is the largest sculpture in England
the Angel of the North
The statue was built at a steel fabrication works in my town
Installed in 1998, the thing is 66 feet tall with a wingspan of 177 feet
which is bigger than a Boeing 757
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalknet
probably the most viewed sculpture in the world
Tunes on Tuesday ~ I’m the Urban Spaceman
in the 449 days I’ve been in lockdown
I could have taken a rocket ship to Mars
There can’t have been many bands with a name as stupid as the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, (if you can think of one then please let me know). But I like this song, and right now I quite feel like I don’t exist.
At least Ground Control in the USA is still listening to this Englishman.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the good old Saturn V
often copied but never bettered
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