For some time now, my old pal who goes by the secret identity "B. S. Donovan" has been posting his ongoing progress in Japanese calligraphy--"hard fun" is his excellent phrase. As he's one of my oldest and dearest friends, my reaction is (of course) bitter jealousy and an urge towards one-upsmanship. Unfortunately, I don't have his courage. He's willing to display his baby steps; I hate to confess to anything until it's ready for prime time.
However, his continued success has goaded me beyond endurance. Here's some hard fun of my own. This is a well-known Irish session tune, "The Kesh Jig."
Nicely done, and in-line with your last post re:Ireland. I do like the phrase "hard fun" but I cannot take credit for it. It was Nicholas Negreponte that coined it. I just borrowed it.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I saw a huge spike in my site's stats after you posted this. I even got surprised notices from wordpress.
Thank you; most kind. You scratch my back, etc. I seem to get periodic spikes related to posting new content. I suspect they're bots, by and large, but you never know.
DeleteBy the way, I state in the About page what my real name is. Not so much a secret. I just couldn't get the URL I wanted. BS was available, and I am full of BS, so...
ReplyDeleteYes, but referring to you as my old pal B.S. is much much funnier.
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