Ian Rankin is a funny, thoughtful, and gracious man. Approachable and genuine; very cool. He works a room well, which he told me had to do with practice over time.
Here is a link with a few words from Ian Rankin on the newest Rebus novel and singer Jackie Leven, a welcome discovery for me.
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"Kipling for Keith: A Tribute" ........ 1961-2011 (click for the link)
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Two Friends, A Long Time Ago
"Kipling for Keith: A Tribute" ........ 1961-2011 (click for the link)
About Me
- Matt Duckworth
- San Francisco; East Bay, CA, United States
- Heed the reefs not yet charted Seek that green isle beyond design
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- Tentacular!
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- "Oh Malachi Malarkey" (Poetry)
- Ian Rankin and Jackie Leven
- Mirror
- Rising Wind, Fading Swell
- Fiat Dux
- In The Amphitheatre
- Jelly, Jelly . . . .
- Caption? "Dude, Where's My Kayak?"
- Kelp Dancing
- Lord Byron: "My Mind Is A Fragment"
- Lively Water
- "Move Like A Jellyfish"
- Jack And The Kelpstalk
- Clayfish: Out And About
- The Behavior Of Water
- Lunch View 2
- Lunch View: Asilomar
- Flow Matters
- "An Empty Boat . . ."
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- Blue, With Kelp
- Kelp Happens
- Playing Pirate
- Monterey Music
- Crossley-Holland: Do You Ken?
- To Em--: Shark-Dream (& Of Fear)
- Crossley-Holland: "Faithful As A Wordfisher"
- Study Session
- Byron: "My Soul Is Dark"
- Clay Jar, With Cork
- Worlds In Tandem . . . .
- Macbeth Underwater
- Trickster: Glimpses
- Me: Scotch On The Rocks. You?
- Macduck . . . On The Blasted Heath
- Mateo: Three Faces (Naked, Hoplite, Diver)
- Montague's "Psychic Surgery"
- Pining For North, Calling For Kelp
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Playing aquatic superhero in Hawaii.
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Tattoo #3
My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."
"Oh Malachi Malarkey"
Followers
Plagiarism is ugly. Don't be a thief.
All words and all images presented here are mine unless noted (or by obvious implication--in the case of a book cover that I've photographed, for example, the book cover itself is not my image).
If you share my words and/or images, please do so respectfully. If you are turning a profit of any kind from my words and/or images, stop it. Ask my permission; you owe that much and more, yes? Thank you--MD