A while between updates. Sorry about that. Herewith some miscellaneous notes.
Watched movie THE BLACK RAVEN [1943]
"The bridge is out, you'll have to stay the night." How many old movies has this situation turned up in??
In this B-movie from the PRC studio, it turns out to be an enjoyable low-budget drama benefiting from the casting of George Zucco as the sinister innkeeper and Glenn Strange as his not-too-bright handyman. A group of strangers are isolated by a storm, despite their varying reasons for wanting to cross the border. Thrills and mystery ensue. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Worth a look.
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I didn't mind having a widow's peak when I was in my fifties (hey, if it's good enough for Doc Savage...), but now I am in my seventies my receding hairline makes me think. The first thing that comes to mind are those Superman comics I used to read as a child. Time travellers from the future always had bulbous heads, as though their brains were so large they made their skulls bulge. That's my story anyway.
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The lead-up to Easter was always going to be a busy week. This year I had the weekly Tuesday night quiz, the fortnightly Wednesday study group, the monthly Missions meeting on Thursday, the annual Good Friday service, the weekly op-shopping on Saturday and the annual Easter Sunday service, followed by a lunch with friends down the river. By the time I got home Sunday afternoon I went straight back to bed.
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Winter draws near. We had some showers in the morning and maybe some snow on the mountain (couldn't see). By the time I set off for church there was a faint rainbow in the sky and I aimed the car towards it. After the morning service, commiserated with other church-goers about the break-in we had at the church hall. Apparently a man has been arrested for committing five burglaries in one night. You may deplore his morals but you have to admire his work ethic.
Dozed in my chair for a while after lunch then did some boxing-up of stuff. Books, movies, CDs, etc etc. I had dinner and watched a Mexican horror movie -- didn't enjoy it much, since it was the third in a trilogy and they spent a lot of time harking back to the first two in the series. Meh, should have had an early night instead. [May 22nd]
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This Sunday had the feel of the winter months ahead. I came home from church and had lunch, then dozed off for a while in my chair. When I woke up, I had to rush outside and feed the animals before it got dark. So far so good. But when I got back inside I started sneezing and sniffling for over an hour (I must have gone through half a box of Kleenex). Fortunately I remembered I had a bottle of tablets from last winter, so I took a dose of Cenovis Immunity (Garlic, Horseradish and C Complex).
I was all right by the time I went to bed, but I do recall that last winter I used to wear a mask not just to protect me from Covid but to keep the cold winds out of my face. I suspect I'll do the same thing this year.
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What is that strange humming noise? It died away in the afternoon after being audible most of last night. Puzzling.
The Hum
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As they said on SEINFELD once, sometimes one of your friends is up and one of them is down. That's certainly true today. I spoke to Keith Curtis on the phone and he is quite unwell this week, so no visits to the op shops for him in the immediate future. Then when I looked at Facebook this morning what do I find but Ian Grieve has been awarded the Order of Australia medal for his thirty years researching Australian radio history; probably the equivalent of an MBE in the old system.
So it's "Congratulations" to Ian, and "Get Well Soon" to Keith. God bless you both!
