humming the blues with Happinez and in good company

yesterday there was some interesting mail

in fact, quite a lot had drifted in whilst i was

across the wild blue yonder

 some of it even had bears on it

i like bears

one of the parcels contained a lovely magazine from France

Happinez

it is not often that i see my name on the same page

as Albert Einstein

[even though he and my paternal grandfather were acquainted and 

Einstein's efforts on my grandfather's behalf in 1939 

contributed to our family's settling in South Australia, but that's another story ]

or

across from Jamie Oliver

or a scant 47 pages away from Paulo Coelho

but

what really made me happy

was that they had also published an image of my friend Roz's work

[they used mostly images that had appeared in Second Skin]

which brings me to the other bit of news

 Roz and i have dreamed up a new plan

[we had one earlier but the fates intervened]

we are calling it 

bower bird blues

and you can wear your blue jeans

if you want

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