Wonderland or Not

I was around 10 years old when I gai­ned pos­ses­sion of a book by Ruth Ren­dell called Hearts­to­nes. More of a nove­lla than a book, it was a psycho­lo­gi­cally tra­gic type of read, horrif­yingly good, and at 10 years old I was hoo­ked on the likes of it fore­ver. I’ve never read anything else by her, but I kept that book for a long time. The book made the jour­ney back from Aus­tra­lia with me, and hung around until I left for college. I think I liked the cover. I’d not given a thought to Ren­dell since that time.

Until recently when I read a cou­ple books at a side of the road book-sale/flee mar­ket. The two books were Ruth Rendell’s Going Wrong, and A Dark-Adapted Eye. It was the first time I’d ever found any of her books at a used book sale, though I’m sure they are around. The books were good quick reads, mys­tery sus­pense, madness.

Thanks to The Hathor Legacy I have seen the video pre­sen­ta­tion , Wer­ner Her­zog Reads Made­line. This rete­lling of Made­line, by someone pre­ten­ding to be Wer­ner Her­zog, is either bri­lliant or I am beco­ming com­mon. I’m cer­tain it’s the for­mer. There is no doubt that it’s share worthy.

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I have lis­te­ned to Tom Petty’s New CD and the sin­gle by the same name.

Enjoy it below.

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Last but not least, I will miss my good friend Suah, as she is hea­ding back to Libe­ria to be with her family as her grand­father recently passed.

This is likely to keep you busy. Enough to fit in bet­ween the sli­ces of wee­kend guests, hikes, tours, and debauchery.

Peace