Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity]

About Me

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An ailing body in an ailing world Slowly recovering (hopefully) from ME/CFS. Liberal Christian.
Met Helen, ma belle amoureuse, in 1999 and we married in February 2000 and, I was privileged to inherit two (step-) daughters, Beth (b.1978) and Cathy (b.1980), who both live locally.
I paint and write poetry when I'm sufficiently energised or inspired.
To read some of my POETRY on Poemhunter.com click here
To see some of my PAINTINGS click here
WHAT IS ME/CFS?
VIEW MAL's PRINTS on Imagekind
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Your Personality Profile
You are dreamy, peaceful, and young at heart.
Optimistic and caring, you tend to see the best in people.
You tend to be always smiling - and making others smile.
You are shy and intelligent... and a very hard worker.
You're also funny, but many people don't see your funny side.
Your subtle dry humor leaves your close friends in stitches. The World's Shortest Personality Test
You Are A Fig Tree
You are very independent and strong minded.
A hard worker when you want to be, you play hard too.
You are honest and loyal. You hate contradiction or arguments.
You love life, and you live for your friends, children, and animals.
A great sense of humor, artistic talent, and intelligence are all gifts you possess. What's Your Celtic Horoscope?
By malcolme at 2008-03-22

My Interests

My Wife, Wine, Poetry, Painting, Theology, Blogging, Freeform Cooking (with spices, herbs and whatever's to hand!)

I'd like to meet:

loving, caring, tolerant people

Softkey Left softkey Right

Music:

Totally eclectic. Jazz, Classical. Rock 'n' Roll, Indie, Soul. The Who, Warren Zevon, Jeff Buckley, John Lennon, Regina Spektor, KT Tunstall, Mina Agossi, Peter King, Tori Amos, Morrissey, Tim Booth, Danelle Harvey, Alison Moyet, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Kurt Elling, Lucinda Williams, George Lewis, Cassandra Wilson, Ron Carter

DANELLE HARVEY - ONLY HUMAN

Movies:

The Crucible, Betty Blue, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Frida, Last Temptation of Christ, Heathers, Rear Window, sundry Musicals

Television:

Spaced, Coupling, House, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Wildlife Programmes

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Books:

Lamont Carey performing his poem 'No Child Left Behind' at A Good Book in Baltimore, Maryland.

My Blog

Twilight Search

TWILIGHT SEARCHThe mind finds purpose in pursuit of meaning;openly seeking,not knowing what.The sky is vacant, anaemically slate blue;but night will fall,add colourto a pallid firmament.The eye will f...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:29:00 PST

Cementing Relationships

Cementing Relationships Seeking a concrete imageto conveya pre-stressed thoughtI lay foundationsfor a fettered space.The blue-print failsthe structurefallsfar short of my emotion.Set in my ways,u...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:07:00 PST

Apologia Paucitas

I guess it's a combination of omnipresent distractions and feeling rather drained that has led to the paucity of blog postings of late. Sometimes, it seems as if the PC suffers almost as much from "br...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:25:00 PST

Callie Has Returned

Callie, the fantail goldfish [post for 19 March refers], has now recuperated sufficiently to return to the main aquarium. Picture and posting, CALLIE’s RETURN, can be found on ’Mal’s...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PST

Sinna Luvva’s Matter of Chance

I’ve just posted a new blog, A MATTER OF CHANCE?, on ’The Word of Sinna Luvva’....
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:01:00 PST

Gently Does It

The penny has finally dropped. For the past week to ten days, a physical shattered-ness has forced me to retire au lit at a marginally earlier hour, although my nocturnal bed rest requirement has rema...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:30:00 PST

A Little Miracle

Having recently written about my inability to concentrate on any sustained piece of music, something of a miracle occurred today. In the course of the day, so far, I’ve listened to both Plainson...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:17:00 PST

An aquarists trials and pleasures

Recent days have witnessed both the trials and pleasures of the aquarist. No sooner had we received a new lighting unit for the 180 litre tank than the temptation arose to re-establish the multi-filte...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:06:00 PST

NON-TASKING

Much as I love reading, for several years the task of reading a novel has been far beyond my resources of physical and emotional stamina. For the past four or five years browsing has replaced reading,...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:50:00 PST

WAITING

So much time is spent waiting, even when we're too busy to recognize it, yet no-one seems to think it worthwhile to educate us in the use of this time. We send a message to someone and wait, in antici...
Posted by Malcolm [aka Hirsute Antiquity] on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:37:00 PST