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Saturday, 15 August 2026

Come up and see me sometime

 My Blonde Bombshell

Mae West

Meeting Svitlana
Svitlana hasn't used the quote from Mae West, but her request is plain to understand. She is very keen for us to begin our relationship, after becoming online friends in July.
What direction we go, within reason, is the lady's choice. We have briefly discussed the possibility of sex, an idea we are in agreement with making.

A girl in every port

 Louise Brooks

Passport Romancer

                                                       I only have eyes for you

This is the last film Louise Brooks was in during her Hollywood days, before she left for Germany, to become a star of the Weimar Cinema.
The story is about two sailors who have a competion who can "chat up" the most girls, until one falls for Ms. Brooks.
I am not saying, I could have had a lady in every port, but I had lots of requests from mature ladies to meet me, some were adamant they wished for sex.
There is only one lady I am interested in, she is Svitlana, my friend in Oxfordshire, and she knows that.

Pandora's box

 Early German Cinema

Louise Brooks

Silent Movies
Louise Brooks's first silent movie for the Weimar Cinema, could have been written about her. The main character is a lady who has several lovers, even if she only plays with their affections. When the film finished, the director warned her, if she didn't embrace "talkies," she would end up like her character, a "kept woman." 
This warning was ignored as Louise turned roles down, one was being the voice of her character being dubbed to the film of "The Canary Murder case," with William Powell. Another role that damaged her career was the role later played by Jean Harlow in "Public Enemy," a role that made Ms. Harlow a star

The Jean Harlow Mystery

 Blonde Bombshell

Jean Harlow DVDs

What a choice
Once I get my finances settled, I am going to treat myself to this Jean Harlow DVD collection.
This selection solves a mystery for me. I was sure I had a copy of her last movie, Saratoga, but couldn't find it. The reason is I had thought of buying this set, which contains Saratago, months ago.

Alan Place - Avid Reader

Books I have read

My first Passion 

Another Life 
My late friend, Julia, who lived in Seattle was suprised by the scope of the books I have read.
My Opinions
Before I go further, I should clarify the distinction of "I have read".
The distinction is there are many books I started but never finished. I had always wanted to read Chekhov, at one time my wish to be regared the same as him, a great short story writer. That changed after I started a book of his stories, the storeis were so innane, to say the were boring is a big compliment.
The odd reason I read some books came from recalling a Monty Python Flying Circus sketch about a football match, involving philosophers. I recalled having a story by Marcel Prost on my shelf.
Another writer I read, but couldn't get into is Sartre'. The story I read started well, but soon got lost in its complexity of reason. The story began with a man being handed a stamp from the Spanish Civil War. From that good start, the story went awry, and devolved into why people make choices, I suppose I should have expected that from a philosopher.
As well as Chekhov, I wished to read Pushkin, another great writer from Russia, I don't have a "thing" for Russian writers, if the story seems interesting I will try to read it, no matter what the nationality, or gender of the writer.
Another writer I tried to read, and have been compared to, is Wilkie Collins. I pray my stories are not as boring as the one of his I tried to read. The Moonstone started well with the theft of a jewel from a statue in India, the story then came back to England, where the main story happens during a garden party. What stopped me from going on is he then spends over 30 pages telling the reader how to strip paint of a door, and the terrible smell of the stripper.
Who would I like to be compared to?
Now I have dismissed Chekhov, writers I would like to be compared to are the likes of Edgar Alan Poe, James Sheridan Le Fanu, and Cherie Priest, to name a few. If my style of writing had a direction it would be for Gothic.
Writers my friend was startled to know I read include Solzhenitsyn, again NOT a Russian trend, I was intrigued by his stories. One that stuck with me is about an eldery lady who each day takes her barrow across a railway line to do her shopping. Her routine is so defined, she never gets hit, until one day she is a little slow. I have also read the classic story, The Gulag Archipelago
Another story on the same theme, Russian Prisons, I started to read is Dolgun. This book is about the imprisonment of journalist Michael Dolgun from the USA. I never finished the story because I misplaced the book, and it costs too much to replace it.
One series I did enjoy are the books written by a group of lawyers who use the penname Michael Slade, the stories delve into the dark areas of pyschology. When I was in Scotland, I began to read a book called The Minatour Factor by Stuart Stern, again I lost my copy when I was osted to Germany during my service in the Royal Air Force. This story is about the effects taking drugs can have on people, it is based in Chelsea, London. I came across a copy on Amazon for £20, but I didn'r wish to pay that, a few months later in St. Nicholas's Market, in Bristol, I got my copy for £1.50.
If you wonder, YES, I do read female writers, as I say it is the story that attracts me. One of my favourite, unkown writers, was Marianne MacDonald.

Friday, 14 August 2026

Svitlana's Dedication

 An evening with Svitlana

Romance in Didcot

Svitlana's worries
One of my friend's concerns is that if we don't have daily contact, I have had something happen to me. I explained sometines I cannot afford to buy credit on the site we use - Charming Talks - she has accepted the situation, and we are looking forward to our restricted chat being extended soon.
Her other concern is I will not think of her, when I am not chatting, I have asured her she is always on my mind, even when I am not chatting to her.
Despite my difficulties, at the moment, our love is growing by the day. Svitlana is willing to wait until things get easier for us.

Love before Breakfast

 The Queen  of Comedy

It is time for some Comedy

My man Godfrey
I am pleased I gave this film a second chance, I would have missed another brilliant example of the screwball comedy, that Carole Lombard made her own.
I was put off at first by the over-zealous performance of Robert Preston, as the man who attempts to buy Ms. Lombard's love.
I have seen 10 comedies featuring Ms. Lombard, and enjoyed them all

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