End of an Era
the casual conversational tone of a blog is what makes it so very dangerous
After several years and 2342 posts, this will be my very last blog.
It’s served its purpose, kept me sane and literate, and introduced me to several very interesting people.
However, no matter how hard I tried, from time to time I would post some quite inappropriate things, which did me no credit at all.
Besides I detest the ‘new’ block editor.
So, thank you so very much for reading and commenting, but good morning and goodbye for good.
I hope you have enjoyed reading, as much as I have enjoyed writing.
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Road concept – freedom
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
no more deadlines and commitments
Monochrome Monday ~ Ebony and Ivory
monochrome photography shows the darkness in the soul
In these politically correct days are we even allowed to listen to this song any more. You know what? I don’t care what sad, narrow-minded people think, I like this Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder Duet.
Oh maybe they were talking about piano keys.
In these woke days they can’t be made of ivory either.
But maybe ebony is O.K.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
not black
but positively monochrome
Scenes on Sunday ~ Dance
hand in hand, on the edge of the sand
they danced by the moon’s last light
Just to do something different, here’s a dance mashup with scenes from some great films. Most of which I’ve been lucky enough to catch, at one time or another.
I hope you enjoy.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Dance with me in Dreams
until the end of Love
Songs on Saturday ~ Drunk On A Plane
eventually the cabin staff will cut you off
Following the Dierks Bentley song Somewhere On A Beach I posted earlier today, I also came across this little ditty.
I have so been there.
Except I didn’t actually go to Cancun.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
but Marmaduke always has my back
Songs on Saturday ~ Somewhere On A Beach
it’s got to be five o’clock somewhere
This song by Dierks Bentley says everything about the kind of summer vacation that I can’t enjoy right now. As a matter of fact there are some fabulous beaches near the garret, but it isn’t warm, it isn’t relaxing, and there is certainly a dearth of hot girls in skimpy bikinis.
If it comes right down to it I can’t play the guitar either.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
but I can dream
can’t I?
Thank You For Being A Friend
friendship is all about trusting each other, helping each other
loving each other, and being crazy together
This song is for a friend, someone to whom real friendship means everything.
Maybe, someday, I can repay her friendship.
Maybe it will always stay this way.
Well, I can dream, can’t I?
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
one rose can never be enough
unless it’s given in true friendship
I Love Her
sometimes a man needs to say ‘I love her….’
This song is for a friend of mine, someone I’ve been neglecting for a week, ever since I went to a family event that didn’t go so well.
And, I do love her…..
I need to say it more often….
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Love isn’t just for Valentines Day
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Ventura Highway
one of my best things is a long road trip in the sunshine
This song reminds me of very many happier times than I have enjoyed over recent months and years. Ventura Highway from America.
Please listen responsibly.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
a convertible mustang in the Californian desert
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
Tunes on Tuesday ~ England Swings
if you can remember the swinging sixties
you were never there
Now that England has finally seen the back of, (most of), the stupid coronavirus restrictions, the country is getting back to normal again. England isn’t quite swinging, but I still think this Roger Miller song is appropriate for the mood of the day
Of course some of us are old enough to remember the swinging sixties, when both skirts and cars were tiny minis.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
real mini coopers
very swinging sixties
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