A Grand Life

I am sure famous people have sat where I am sitting now and done the same thing. Drink coffee, look at the sea and write. So here I am in The Grand hotel Brighton doing the same. But how many of the more famous would then have blogged it. And is blogging it a proper term.

Certainly these days people would and do blog but from The Grand hotel? I could almost picture them writing away as waiters passed. Indeed I feel surrounded by waiters rather than writers right now. The happy sounds of jazz sort of old style played by modern people echo around the place.

The only thing missing right now is a good old fashioned arm chair and a cloud of dense smoke. Well one I can live without.

So here I am sipping coffee writing, sort of and keeping an eye on the cricket, sort of. Its summer of course and for once its fine here. The cricket score comes via the iPhone so that's certainly out of character for the writers of the past. But I guess well in character for the likes of me. Blogging in the new age. Yet still sometimes I end up putting pen to paper and I mean a real pen, before re-typing into a blog or journal for anyone to read.

So what does that make me? Old new school, new old school or something else. One thing for certain, its not easy to write in this chair. Maybe they wrote at the bar, who knows. I wonder if its time to start another age or trend. Maybe now I could be a silicon blogger or is that too trendy.

Still for me, this is a small wander into what must of been a Grand life.

(First written at the Grand Hotel 15th June 2009)

Blogging Outdoors

First time for everything and this is sort of a first, well for me here it is.

Blogging in the sunshine, yes sunshine, feeling the summer sun on my legs and the insects all trying to buzz me.

Darn annoying how they all want to look at my blog and the mac, well thats my view point anyway. The back garden is in need of some attention which its getting as I watch. If I do it then plants, weeds and anything comes under attack from me. All bar Bamboo. Odd that.

Thinking of the couple of weeks that have passed by, a lovely visit from friends, running around an adventure place, they never build them for adults you know, dragged a few times here and there but as always great fun.

Star Trek - seen for a second time and still good, maybe even better. Might go again. Wonder if I will ever make my mine up on the top 5 favourite film Trek scenes, Enterprise clears moorings Trek II, Battle in the Mutara Nebula Trek II, Insurrection (the lot cant fault it), then I am stuck. Oh well finish that later.

Now we have the Lions season. The British and Irish Lions to be correct - www.lionsrugby.com - rugby for those who dont know. The tour started with a win, just about after 60 minutes of so-so play the team started to gel. I had predicted a 12 point win and was a little nervous but pleased with the result 25 - 37 to the Lions - 12 point.

Ok well next match is Wednesday so I predict a 19 point win for the Lions. Boy I am being brave but the team should start to bond now.

Is an outside blog really for all of this. Who knows, but this is my one.

Time I guess to do something else. The bird in the tree is chirping like mad, the bees are getting ever closer and I am hungry.

An outside blog who would have guessed it.

Weekends are short for no reason

So another weekend ends just before it starts. How, why and who decided the weekend would only be two days.

Its a question I am sure Wiki will have an answer for, but not the one I want. So why do some weekends seems to go so quick when others just drag and drag.

The rain had a good go and putting paid to archery outdoors this weekend but so did a metal screw. Funny how things happen.

Another couple of minutes and I would have been out in the wet shooting arrows. I must admit archery is beginning to get under my skin, which is very good.

Its the relaxation, the fun, the clearing of your mind, concentrating on just that target, drawing back and letting go.

Amazing how much actually goes into shooting one arrow.

Also amazing what can go into a weekend including allotment work (rain permitting) and even euro-song thingy.

And some of the shows do seem OK to watch - Something for the weekend certainly is good and like the name says has bits of everything. A working live Sunday paper almost.

But of course the weekend goes so quick, you end up having fun, relaxing and then that point draws close when the weekend finishes and the week approaches.