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Category Archives: reading
How an old painting changed my life, well, just a little bit…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s octopus is the one currently reading about quantum mechanics.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is (the painting I’m going to mention), and has been for years, in the local Art Gallery. When I was a child, if I was in … Continue reading
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Tagged annunciation, apprentices, art gallery cafe, Francisco Maffei, golden sandals, great mistakes, ho ho ho!, lady in blue, large painting, life changing, octopus, oops!, perspective, quantum mechanics, the basket, the chair, Waldemar Januszczak
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Come on, let’s have some fun, on the moon!…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s nice sounding word is, marzipan.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imagine being a kid back in 1956!And for Christmas we got a book, perhaps like the Lion Annual for that year. The girls would get books with ponies on the front … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, art, arts, Christamas, craters, discovery, drawing, education, fun on the moon, graphics, grinning, guns, illustration, kids, marzipan, on the moon., planets, ponies for girls, rockets, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Lion Annual 1956, words
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Court cards in trumps are useful only for the tricks they make…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s augmented chord is the one at the beginning of No Particular Place to Go.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s that old fat battered book again!Yes, it is that cheap junk shop book, The Daily Express (a British newspaper) Enquire Within, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1934, 1934 book, 90 years old, ale?, astringent, blue water?, cardoons?, cards, discovery, gargles, mode of play, needs no bush?, observations, serendipity, style, sulphuric acid, surrealism, The Daily Express, The Daily Express Enquire Within, washing blankets, Whist?, words
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In the alley, a small abandoned boat…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: unalist, monteith, riffle, erinite, arbalest, and rynd. Please have these words looked up, and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, arbalest, art, arts, dangerous, dictionary words, discovery, drugs?, electric bikes, electric scooters, erinite, graffiti, model boat, monteith, mororbikes!, observations, painted walls, pedestrians, pizzas?, Professor Mouldie, riffle, rynd, serendipity, spray cans, style, surrealism, the alley?, unalist, walkway, words
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Are you ready for some more Veronica Crush character names?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s banana, is the perfectly straight one.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was lying in my bed this morning, and for some reason, I was thinking about Arthur Conan Doyle. I was thinking what a memorable name Arthur Conan Doyle is. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, asleep in the court, bananas, billion dollars, character names, fair hair?, free of charge, good names, madness, Monty Tick, New York, on trial., orange make up, puzzle, serendipity, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, Veronica Crush, words
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Stir well and mix in sixteen gallons of water…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s 18th century oath contains the word ‘cats’. Often in the US back then, the word ‘cats’ replaced the word ‘god’. I think I might try to slip, Jiminy whizzlecats into my conversation today.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it’s that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 50p, clensel?, discovery, double dummy?, febrile?, green fly, history, information, Jimimy whizzlecats, lard, old book, pumatoms, quassia?, serendipity, still well..., stomachic, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, words
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Oh, it’s that double lino print, I mentioned before…
But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s disappointing Vladimir Nabokov novel is the one called Pnin.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, dear reader, it’s the double lino print that I made reference to in a post a few days ago. Do click here to see the post … Continue reading
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Tagged a bang oin the forehead, art, arts, banging nails in, cubes and dots, framed on a wall, generously paid, in space?, lino prints, look at the prints!, observations, odd-job person, Pnin, serendipity, spacing..., style, surrealism, three-d, vladimir nabokov, words
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Adrian – on doing heads…
But first…Dulltown; UK: Today’s financial forecast is, that having a lot of money will be really good, as the end of the world approaches.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, here we go again!We are about three-quarters of our way through our edition, 1979, of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1958 book, 1979, Adrain's painting, Adrian Hill, art, artists smock, arts, discovery, first and last, highlights, likenesses, observations, Oil Painting, portraits, quotations, soft pencil, style, The beginners Book of Oil Painting, TV artist, words
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Some more of those Crush names…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: passive pink, vacant violet, riotous red, murky maroon, yawning yellow, gurgling green, sneering sienna, brutish black and frowning fawn.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, I just received an email from Veronica Crush, writer from the glory … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, brutish black, colours, conversation, discovery, free character names, frowning fawn, gurgling green, madness, married?, Monty Tick, multibillion dollar furtune, murky maroon, New York, observations, passive pink, puzzle, riotous red, serendipity, sneering sienna, style, surrealism, tall tree surgeon, The Hull Surrealist League, Tony Mayonaise, vacant violet, Veronica Crush, words, yawning yellow
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Albert, what’s that funny smell?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, piepowder.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everybody likes to have a gadget or two. And also, what a good word gadget is!We’ve all got gadgets now, haven’t we? Very clever ones. Phones with everything in them, including cameras. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1954, 1954 Gadgets Annual, Albert and Madge, conversation, discovery, electric fire, madness, phone cameras, plastic bending, refractory, silica glass tubes, surrealism, the gadgets annual 1954, the word piepowder, W N Shaw, words
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No, not a good night’s sleep…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lines from the N F Simpson 1957 play, A Resounding Tinkle, which I am currently rereading, are:Mr Paradock: What have you done with my gumboots?Mrs Paradock: What do you want gumboots for to go down the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1957, A Resounding Tinkle, all night, bad sleep, Bass, bass drum, discovery, Doh!, gumboots, madness, Mr Paradock, music, N F Simpson, neighbours, Noise, observations, rambling on, relentless, serendipity, surrealism, where artists live, words
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Mayonnaise coming out of a hole in the ground…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: amentum, pallescent, theotokos, jesserant, quodlibet, and delundung. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged a punch on the shoulder, amentum, art, arts, conversation, delundung, Dulltown, fat head!, Hull city centre, jesserant, madness, pallescent, queen victoria, quodlibet, random dictionary words, serendipity, spoems, style, surrealism, The Hull Surrealist League, theotokos, toilets, Tony Mayonaise, under the Queen, words
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Pound the meat with four anchovies washed and boned…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like a politician’s smirk. This teapot is an awful pourer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today, I thought we might blow the dust off that old book (ninety years old), flick it open a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1934, 90 year old, allspice, at home day, awful pourer, bed airing, cailling card, cloves, discovery, earthen jar, interesting china teapot, mace, nutmeg, old book, politician., potted meat, proverb, salt, serendipity, smirk, sore throat, style, surrealism, The Daily Express Enquire Within, washed and boned, words, words of wisdom
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Radiating stripes, and sticks…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s oddity is from a play that I’m currently reading; A Resounding Tinkle, 1957, by N F Simpson. Act Two: Mr Paradox and Mrs Paradox are looking out of the window at the elephant they have had … Continue reading
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Tagged 1957, A Resounding Tinckle, art, arts, black and white, cubes?, elephant too big, Imitation Japanese paper, in space, Japanese paper, lino cutting tools, madness, meaning?, Mr Paradox, Mr Trench, N F Simpson, observations, oil-based ink, reading a play?, serendipity, squares, style, surrealism, words
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