recap April 2023

 

The WP map shows my hits have come from  22 countries around the world. Mostly from North America. I am glad to see Kenya holding on to third spot.  Most popular post was the first of my Garron Hospital reports – all four of the posts deal with my hypertension incident, which thanks to meds is under control. I’ve also made a few diet changes too – less of cholesterol heavy foods.

City of Valleys has16 sections now posted, about 33,500 words so far with just over 98,000 to be edited then posted. I gave The Rules For Monks a rest to post about my hypertension. Flashback Friday has proved to a success – digging into those archival posts is interesting, even to me. My memory is good but I’ve forgotten many of the details.

Among the movies I watched in April were three that dealt with masculinity. One was This Sporting Life:  Lindsey Anderson’s first feature from the early 60’s. Unexpected scenes of naked rugby players frolicking in group in a hot tub relieved this unflinching look at Richard Harrison lost in his search for fame & love. Moody & with great performances- Rachel Roberts is amazing. Another was 1997’s Happy Together – two Chinese men in Argentina caught up in a destructive co-dependant relationship. With the stunning Tony Leung Chiu-Wai the film is a delight for the eyes & it has become a gay classic.

The third is No Ordinary Man: The Billy Tipton Documentary. I knew the story before I saw the documentary – Billy Tipton was a popular & good jazz piano player/singer who married, he & wife adopted three children. When Billy died it was revealed his was a biological female. The documentary looks at his life from a transmale pov. Highly recommended.