My usual self is a very unusual self, and don't you forget it

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Things that arrived in the mail today: Ben Macallan's Desdaemona and Ron Drummond's The First Woman on Mars. I like this set-up where I know people who write.

I saw first that Shelagh Delaney had died, and then John Neville. There never appears to have been a Region 1 release of A Taste of Honey (1961), but I know where to find The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Imagination and the kitchen sink.

"Not yet"? Is that famous?

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[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the chapbook arrived in good time; I hope you like it! It's a pleasure and an honor being a part of your community, and there is no chance I will ever forget the delightfully unavoidable truth of your post's title. I'm told by Papaveria Press that my copy of A Mayse-Bikhl is on its way -- very much looking forward to it.

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Glad to hear the chapbook arrived in good time; I hope you like it!

It looks like a beautiful little essay!

It's a pleasure and an honor being a part of your community, and there is no chance I will ever forget the delightfully unavoidable truth of your post's title.

Well, I took it from A Taste of Honey . . .

I'm told by Papaveria Press that my copy of A Mayse-Bikhl is on its way -- very much looking forward to it.

Thank you! I really do hope you enjoy it.

[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

A Mayse-Bikhl arrived on Wednesday and it is most beautiful -- among many other things, I love the binding, what a perfect grace note to the edition. I read the first half that day, and was moved repeatedly, such exquisite juxtapositions of imagery and feeling states and ideas, rich absences, changeful depths; every poem seemed ready to further unfold through multiple readings. I look forward to reading the second half, and rereading the entirety, and will write more on it at a later date.

I took it from A Taste of Honey . . .

I thought, the Beatles cover? But it seems in the last day or so I came upon that title as the title of a book of some vintage, or -- ? I cannot now recall what, for sure.

It looks like a beautiful little essay!

As you said, I say in turn: Thank you! I really do hope you enjoy it.

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A Mayse-Bikhl arrived on Wednesday and it is most beautiful -- among many other things, I love the binding, what a perfect grace note to the edition.

Thank you! Tell Erzebet.

But it seems in the last day or so I came upon that title as the title of a book of some vintage, or -- ? I cannot now recall what, for sure.

Do you mean Shelagh Delaney's play?

I look forward to reading the second half, and rereading the entirety, and will write more on it at a later date.

If you are willing to post a review, that would be wonderful. But mostly, I hope you continue to enjoy!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

My Mom knew John Neville, briefly but intimately. She was telling me today about how a friend of hers who used to play the ukelele for Alzheimer's patients visited him in hospital, maybe a month before he died; he had no opinions on what he wanted to hear, so she did "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", and saw him perking up halfway through, starting to treat it as though she was auditioning for him. After, he said: "You're very talented, you know. You could have a career."

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My Mom knew John Neville, briefly but intimately.

Did they work together?

After, he said: "You're very talented, you know. You could have a career."

That's lovely.

[time-shark.livejournal.com]

Aw, man!

"I find a modicum of snuff can be most efficacious."

[time-shark.livejournal.com]

Just to add: it was trying to reconcile in my head his role as the Baron with his role in The X-Files that caused me to write my poem "Munchausen vs. the Aliens."

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Just to add: it was trying to reconcile in my head his role as the Baron with his role in The X-Files that caused me to write my poem "Munchausen vs. the Aliens."

It's a great poem. Good for his memory.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can't wait for my copy of the chapbook to GET HERE. Silly mails.

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Oh, I can't wait for my copy of the chapbook to GET HERE. Silly mails.

Oh, to be in England, now that the post isn't here . . .

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear of the new books.

Sorry about the paired losses. I'd not really thought about The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in years, but it was the first film I ever saw with my first girlfriend. A lot of memories, there.

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I'm glad to hear of the new books.

I like books!

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Books in the post! Hooray!

Damn, I hadn't heard about John Neville.

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Books in the post! Hooray!

An automatic improvement to any afternoon!

Damn, I hadn't heard about John Neville.

I've never seen him as anyone other than the Baron. I wish I'd seen him onstage.