Camy

Mrs Darnell is remiss. If you can't 'art' it's a doddle: 1) Two cans of paint - one red, one black - and a canvas... Mark Rothko did quite well. Or failing that: 2) Any old cans of whatever coloured paint you like, a canvas and a bicycle... Jackson Pollock. Or: 3) Trash your room, sell it Charles Saatchi for £250,000 and voila! Tracey Emin - who is now a member (and a professor) of the Royal Academy. The latest 'thing' are NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens), which let you sell non existent digital art to morons for a fortune.

I've hunted high and low for a copy of 'Melville In The Nude' but I can't find one anywhere. Rats. Luckily, chapter 3 will soon be posted.

I concur, though James, as always, has couched it better than I ever could.

This is how I spend my days.... 1 - 5 repeat a lot. If it's raining 5 involves a towel and indignant yowling.

Structured nudity? Hmm... brain still processing, brb.

This is frighteningly accurate.

I agree. Apparently ALDI have a clone called 'Summer Delight.'

Well, I liked chapter one. I'm looking forward to the ending - when I can hoot with delight that my secret theory was correct. One needs a theory when reading a Parker, and a secret one is always best.

Nicely written, poignant and affecting. I had a tear in my eye and was sniffling when I got to the end.

Also, don't drive close behind a tractor towing a muck-spreader.

None of it matters as 5G is brainwashing us and turning everyone into drones for the deep state. I know this because the cat told me. 😺

Frank Vincent and Joe Pesci - both well known as actors were also musicians: Vincent a drummer and Pesci a guitarist. This is from 1972 and... WOW!

Oliver is a Cole Parker short story. Need I say more, other than go and read it? 👍

Ooh err, missus. It sounds like another Parker doozy's on its way. 🤩

Hubris! 🤣

I guess that means I should stop staring at the AD site, hitting refresh as I wait for the sequel to be published... No excuse not to start spring cleaning, then. Damn. 😬

No no no no! A squirrel on the brain (maybe eating nuts - not sure) about the impending sequel to 'Recovery' and, hopefully, 'Subway Ride' too. Blame Merkin - he started it!

I think you mean Squirrels.

Wonderful!

Ah... the enigmatic dot.

I'll be third for 'Recovery,' though I'd like to hear more from the characters in 'Subway Ride' too. Chop chop, Cole! 😋

Not a lot more to add except an exhortation to read it. Go on, you know you want to. 👍

Well really! 😋

I've read this before... can't remember if I found it depressing. I'd like to have heard more from Cody's Grandfather, the Antiquarian Bookseller. I didn't buy Ryan's mother suddenly accepting his relationship. There is something distinctly worrying about zealotry.

For a rainy Saturday afternoon there's nothing better than a perfect Parker!