Posted in Fandom /Celebration
“Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides” Angela Lansbury
Blue Eyes
She’s got grace and style
And to top it, a great smile
Oh those blue eyes
Could light up the skies
Her face most adorable
Her talent undeniable
Like the whirlwind
Still hard at working
A Queen without a crown
A Dame with a gown
She is the belle of the ball
So say we all
Now and for ever more
Posted in Celebration: International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October
Photo credit: Johanna Nieminen
‘I Am A Girl I Am Smart And I Am Strong I Can Do Anything’
Girls, Girls, Girls for International Day of the Girl Child
The world would be total shit
Without a little girl in it
No laughter, nor giggles
No mystery nor riddles
Doing all kinds of silly things
With her dog and tiny wings
Future wide and open
For them you are hoping
Joy and fortune
Without worry or torture
Today’s little girls
Tomorrow’s gems and pearls
Let them play
Let them stay
Little girls
A while longer
Posted in Celebration: National Cinnamon Roll Day (Finland) 4th of October
A Finnish delicacy named “korvapuusti” (“A slap on the ear”); a sweet bun or roll
“We are in the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun”
Rowan Atkinson
Happy Cinnamon Roll Day!
Cinnamon,
Rhymes with bon-bon
In a form of a bun
It’s even more fun
Let you teeth sink in
It’s as good as sin
And
It helps if you’re a Finn!
Celebrating World Animal Day
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Mahatma Gandhi
World Animal Day, 4th of October
What would the world be
Without a cat, elephant or a bee
As far as the eye can see
Birds sitting in the trees
Join in and celebrate
All creatures great and small
They have given us much more
Than anyone can elaborate
Posted in Fandom, Celebration, Star Trek
“I’m always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play” Walter Koenig
Live Long and Prosper Walter!
“It was invented by a little old lady from Leningrad”
“We are looking for the Nuclear Wessels in Alameda”
Actor, writer
Director, teacher
Chekov on Star Trek
Who could forget
That boyish charm
And an accent of Russian
Done with such passion
Taking us by storm
Bester on Babylon 5
A character done with style
Telepath and an antagonist
Quite the opportunist
Stirring up the soup
Better watch out for a coup
Whether on film or stage
Even fan productions made
You always deliver
Like a true winner
Leaving us in awe
And wanting for more
An homage to Star Trek, the original series
"Live Long and Prosper"
Star Trek: Happy 50th Anniversary!
Call it campy or even quirky
Call it the wagon train in space
All the familiar cardboard sets
And the best written scripts
Sci-fi, entertainment and humanity
All at their very best in the same place
This is the most a TV show gets
Don’t tell me, you are not gripped
Watching re-runs
With your best chums
What could be more fun
Maybe sitting out in the sun?
But, we are Trekkers
Nerds, geeks and well, trekkers
Looking up to the stars
Daring to go very far
Well, at least, in our imagination
During the syndication
With our favourite television show
To which much we owe
Live Long and Prosper Star Trek!
Posted in Celebration/Fandom
“I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous” Helen Mirren
Happy Birthday to Dame Helen Mirren
The star of everything that matters
Stating this not just for the sake of flatters
The Queen, the Chief Inspector, a tart
Playing them all with very much smart
She is definitely not a prude
When prancing in the nude
Not afraid to speak her mind
Even if it meant to be a little unkind
A naughty word here and there
To make her point, if you weren’t clear
Pure perfection of talent and beauty
Always with the sense of duty
A rose by any other name
Let’s all hail to our Dame:
Happy 71st birthday!
Posted in Celebration /Happy Birthday
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Homage
“My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July” Rick Bass
Happy 55th Birthday to My Better Half
Nineteen
Sixty-one
A year filled
With lots of fun
Brought
Forth
A July’s child
Quit the wild
Born with
The biggest smile
This July
All grown up
But at heart
Still
A young pup
Ready to fly
High as the sky
But never without
That wide smile
Posted in Celebration
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Song
Sisters, Sisters lyrics by Irving Berlin
“Sisters, sisters
There were never such devoted sisters,
Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,
I’m there to keep my eye on her
Caring, sharing
Every little thing that we are wearing
All kinds of weather, we stick together
The same in the rain and sun”
Happy 35th Birthday Little Sis’!
My two little sisters
Twins, they say with a whisper
Two of a kind they ain’t
The other likes to shop
The other likes to paint
The other holds a job
The other would rather faint
My little sisters
They sometimes give me blisters
But here is the twister
I am still the lucky winner
With my two dear sisters
Many happy returns Johanna and Miranda aka Amanda & Bertta!
Posted in Celebration, Fandom, National Poetry Day
“Life is always struggle with eternal forces” Eino Leino
Eino Leino Day aka Day of the Poetry and Summer (06.07.2016)
Eino Leino (6 July 1878 – 10 January 1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work is like the Kalevala and folk songs. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes in Leino’s work. He is beloved and widely read in Finland today.
Works in Finnish by Eino Leino at Project Gutenberg
Nocturne
(translated to English by Rupert Moreton)
Hark! My ears are catching corncrake’s clicking,
Silver moonlight shines on cobhead corn;
Summer evening’s blessing me, enriching,
Valley’s wreaths of smoky slash and burn.
Neither joying I, nor grieve I, mournful;
But for forest’s darkness am I yearnful,
Rose-gilt clouds the day’s protracted ending,
Windy sleeping hill o’er all extending,
Fragrant twinflower, shortening, lingering shade;
These the things from which my heart-song’s made.
Lady June-July, for you I’m singing,
Great the silence of my ardent heart,
Merry music make, for faith is mounting,
Verdant wreath of oak eternal start.
Foolish errands now I’ll make no longer,
Fortune blessèd hands will grasp the stronger;
Rippled pool of circles now decreasing;
Time has ceased and weathervane is sleeping;
Stretches road at twilit end of day,
Bound for home unknown, I take its way.
Rantings Of A Third Kind 