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Tag Archives: vladimir nabokov
The bus driver…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from the Vladimir Nabokov novel King, Queen, Knave (1928), which I am currently re-reading: While looking sideways out of the window she yawned; he (Franz) glimpsed the swell of her tense tongue in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1928, arts, bus ride, conversation, Dulltown Interchange, expletives, Franz, Hey Jude, King Queen Knave, miserable buggers, music, observations, on the bus, Seasons in the sun, serendipity, sex, singing bus driver, single-decker, transportation, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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Mail art postcard. No. 4781…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from the Vladimir Nabokov novel King, Queen, Knave (1928), which I am currently re-reading: It was warm in the room where around the aged chandelier, with grey little glass pendants like dirty icicles, … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, humour, information, Mail Art, mind, postcards, puzzle, reading, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, swearing, TV, words, writing
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Hullo, hello, good morning, etc…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from the Vladimir Nabokov novel King, Queen, Knave (1928), which I am currently re-reading. ‘… it was such a silly thing to do.’ Dreyer briefly cast up his eyes to a makeshift heaven … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad, conversation, crystal springs mississippi, good morning, hello, history, hitch-hiking, Hullo, in the desert, instruction, King Queen Knave, madness, observations, serendipity, Thorne Yorkshire, transportation, vladimir nabokov, weather, words, writing
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Oh, those Crush characters!…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s confused film star is Bevin Kacon. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And speaking of names, before you even make a start on your novel you should have a good think about what names to give the characters that will … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Bertie Wooster, celebrities, Crush names, history, kevin bacon, Monty Tick, multimillion dollar fortune, New York, P. G. Wodehouse, Pnin, Psmith, puzzle, spare names, style, surrealism, tall tree surgeon, Veronica Crush, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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Just a few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s chance keyboard error is: President Chump. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 366. I’m sorry I’m late, but I found that my results were skewed. A single overheard remark: ‘I’m physically in debt Barry…’ ‘Are … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, celebrities, charity shop, conversation, Cordwainer Smith, dictionary word, discovery, Doom, Dostoyevsky, excuses for being late, existential angst, fascia boards, history, instruction, late, madness, misheard, music, observations, overheard, Russian literature, serendipity, spam, style, surrealism, Turgenev, Turgy and Dusty, vladimir nabokov, Warrior in Woolworths, words, writing, X-Ray Spex
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The lady on the bus…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov‘s novel Despair (1965 version), a sort of ‘murder mystery’: He fed in a businesslike and very disgusting manner. His method of dealing with poached eggs was to give the yolk … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, back of head, colour, cropping photographs, Despair novel, ear lobe, hues and tints, observations, on the bus, photography, poached egg, prose, serendipity, style, surrealism, transportation, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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I think I’ll call it ‘A grand view of the river’…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov‘s 1935-1965 novel Despair: The train glided off. Beaming and bawling, Ardalion (drunk) all but tumbled out of the window. Lydia, a lamb in leopard’s clothes, trotted alongside the carriage almost … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropomorphise, Ardalion, arts, colour, Despair novel, discovery, England swings like a..., history, Hull Mud, observations, photography, River Hull UK, serendipity, settee, sofa, swinging area, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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