Category Archives: Everything else…

Thoughts, comments, reflections, rants….

‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe for my birthday!

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

What a great birthday present for a lover of words. The full text of Edgar Allan Poe’s brilliant poem on a scarf! Thank you, E! And thank you Storiarts for making it possible. http://bitsy.in/4578

Posted in Everything else... | Leave a comment

Vale Eli Wallach

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

A sad day indeed as the fine actor Eli Wallach passed away at the age of 98. Who can forget the  bandit leader Calvera in ‘The Magnificent Seven’ directed by John Sturges? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcmzHtokiMw Or, the wily Tuco in the final … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything else... | Leave a comment

He rode into our valley in the summer of ’89

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

And now he’s riding onto your Blu-Ray player (at least in his Alan Ladd incarnation) on June 4th 1953 in time to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of George Stevens’ classic western movie based on my favourite western novel of all … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything else... | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Today is the birthday of my first literary hero, Jack Schaefer, author of ‘Shane’.

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

One of my first cinematic memories stems from seeing George Steven’s movie adaptation of the great Jack Schaefer western novel, Shane at the Gaumont cinema in Wolverhampton in 1953 with my father.  I vividly recall being startled by the uncharacteristically … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything else... | Leave a comment

The Lindsey Roughton Anthology need writers!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

In Manchester, England, a young woman is busy dying. This is her story. http://www.jhsked.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/lyndsey-roughton-anthology-call-for.html#links

Posted in Everything else... | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

We all knew that books had a life of their own 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SKVcQnyEIT8

Posted in Everything else... | Leave a comment

Today is the birthday of my first literary hero, Jack Schaefer, author of ‘Shane’.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Nicholas J. Ordinans

One of my first cinematic memories stems from seeing George Steven’s movie adaptation of the great Jack Schaefer western novel, Shane at the Gaumont cinema in Wolverhampton in 1953 with my father.  I vividly recall being startled by the uncharacteristically … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything else... | Leave a comment