If this is Monday it must be Trigger

When I was little I was a member of the Roy Rogers Kids Club. Sadly, this entitled me only to discounts at Roy Rogers restaurants, not rides on Trigger the amazing dancing horse. I still have the membership card..

More reasons to learn French

I recently rescued a bizarrely beautiful children's book en français from Foyles, illustrated by Aurélia Grandin, and now feel the need to own them all..

The factory is on fire!

Morale has been boosted today by thoughts of the hurdy-gurdy man in Werner Herzog's Heart of Glass singing "the factory is on fire" in falsetto while under hypnosis. Excellent stuff.

Also recommended for mood improvement is the classroom scene in Institute Benjamenta. "No, there are only minor burns to my left side!"

Friday uke fix

The inimitable Roy Smeck

Oh boy...

this Regal Le Domino banjo uke matches my lovely Le Domino ukulele!

Hurdy Gurdy!

Following the announcement that there's an accordion in my grandmother's basement ripe for the taking, I have set my sights on one of these to keep my ukulele company:



Oh, hurdy-gurdy, you will be mine!