Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
It's got to be said, unearthing fresh topics for these daily journals of life under COVID's oppressive grip can be exacting. With events echoing the previous days episodes, even groundhogs must be fed up at these endless dawn to dusk reprisals as they lockdown in their burrows. Seeking today's subject for imparting unreliable copy, my... Continue Reading →
In a conscious effort to prove late Saturday evening's needn't be boring on Planet COVID, after watching a dramatic Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves rugby league game, I watched a Sky Arts documentary about Dante's Inferno...... And, yes I'm being facetious! This feature telling of Dante Alighieri's 14th century poetic narrative, mainly concentrating on prose... Continue Reading →
"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell. I recently stumbled across the English author's above philosophy. The stumble didn't cause an injury serious enough to file a compensation claim against the quote. I thought I'd raise the incident, though, to warn of the jeopardy of meeting a philosophical... Continue Reading →
With precipitation yet again forming part of my writing landscape, the refrain 'The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On The Plain' , from musical My Fair Lady, plays repeatedly on my cranial jukebox. This episode acting as a catalyst for a random attempt at adapting the song's lyric to reflect my local meteorology. Now, I'd like to think... Continue Reading →
I'd a fairly vivid dream last night, during which I met HRH Queen Elizabeth II. This chance encounter playing out whilst walking along a seaside pier at Blackpool, Lancashire. A vision where she sat relaxing in a deckchair, knotted handkerchief upon her grey hair (as opposed to the usual crown), with corgi at her side.... Continue Reading →
Yesterday evening, the lockdown entertainment landscape took a spike similar to that recently seen with Florida's COVID cases. Catalyst to this upturn in verve the participation in a bi-weekly Zoom quiz evening with buddies. These fortnightly inquisitions, in which rounds of questions are interspersed with live acoustic music courtesy of two of our number, affording... Continue Reading →
