Hackers and Gossips – I suggested that the Comité might be alarmed at the international comings and goings of our house and may report us for ‘lowering the tone’ of the street. But – Hey! – HOLA! Why should we fret about petty gossips? Well, said the young Carer, don’t underestimate the power of spies. […]
Tuti’s Blog #48 – The Artists’ House
The Artists’ House – As I said, for 40 years, this has been an ‘artists’ house’. I asked the old Carer to name all the artist persons who had visited and/or stayed, not including the young Carer, who arrived in 1993. Too many to recall, she said. But then she had a think. Well, she […]
Tuti’s Blog #47 – Reminiscences
Reminiscences – The young Carer has discovered a piece of paper that says I am a year older than they thought I was. Merde!! I shall now be on a par with the old Carer’s life expectancy, so we should start to think about our ‘legacy’. She doesn’t much like reminiscing but, snuggled up in […]
Tuti’s Blog #46 – Comite
Comite – It’s shocking how many mean-minded cat persons there are in the neighbourhood now. These are not the homeless ones dependent on the Feline Food Bank (courtesy of Olive the Cat Lady) of 30 years ago that I have already mentioned, with whom one could always exchange a cheery mew or two. No, it’s […]
Tuti’s Blog #45 – Shusmo
Shusmo – While you are prattling on about music, the old Carer asks, why don’t you give a plug to Shusmo? Wozzzat? I ask. Well, exactly, she says, that ‘Whatchamacallit’ outfit in NYC headed up by the Palestinian buzuq player Tareq Abboushi that fuses our favourite African American jazz riffs with Latin rhythms and Arabic […]
Tuti’s Blog #44 – Ode to Ouds
Ode to Ouds – We are still harping on about music. So we have now switched from modal jazz to the Palestinian Arab oud player Samer Totah’s album called Ghofran. This was one of several CDs given as a gift to the old Carer by the poet Mahmoud Hashhash in Ramallah. She had only asked […]