1 Solo
I enjoyed this rollicking adventure and addition to the stand alone Star Wars back story collection. Here is some great concept art.
2 More Solo
Watching the movie, you'd never know there were problems making it. But there were. Here's the inside skinny. Opie Taylor did good!
3 Poetry corner
All the warm nights
sleep in moonlight
keep letting it
go into you
do this
all your life
do this
you will shine outward
in old age
the moon will think
you are
the moon
Swampy Cree narrative poem
trans. Howard Norman (1972)
4 The Return of Thomas Oppong Part 1
He's never been away, just hasn't appeared in this column for a spell. He's still awesome too. Here he is on deep thinking.
5 The return of Thomas Oppong Part 2
Reading and why it is such a huge part of my daily life, by Thomas.
Overtime: Roy of the Rovers
My favourite image of the week is this one, that I used on my Wozza's Place blog.
The story, the grace, the colour, the drawing of the keeper, the image of Roy bleeding from the panel and the fantasy wonderland of it all - I have gazed at it a lot this week!
1 Luke's reaction to Han's death
Great piece about a deleted scene from The Last Jedi (my co favourite Star Wars film Of All Time!
2 Poetry corner
At Night the Salmon
Move
At night the salmon move
out from the river and into town.
They avoid places with names
like Foster's Freeze, A&W, Smiley's,
but swim close to the tract
homes on Wright Avenue where sometimes
in the early morning hours
you can hear them trying doorknobs
or bumping against Cable TV lines.
We wait up for them.
We leave our back windows open
and call out when we hear a splash.
Mornings are a disappointment.
Raymond Carver (1976)
3 More Star Wars: Solo
My expectations are not that high - I'm not a fan of 'young blah blah' stories (Indiana Jones, Butch and Sundance, Sherlock Holmes etc etc and so on) but this piece has piqued my interest levels somewhat.
4 Warren Ellis
Love his newsletters but he's gone dark for a spell to work on some ideas in his fevered brain. So here's a great picture of the great man to tide us over:
5 Robin Williams
After Margo, this gaze at Robin's last days is even more poignant. Once I started reading this I couldn't stop. Very sad ending!
Overtime: Seth Godin...
...on genius
