A Glimpse Omnibus

I regret that my Lenten discipline has been very poor. Mea culpa! I have been idle and evasive, rationalizing my failure .. to no avail.

I thought maybe I should do a job lot to catch up.

Each glimpse is attached to a stirring memory. I have tried to broaden my scope – bit worried about the number of snakes that feature!

By the way, I remember what Glimpse 5 was: Michelangelo’s David – perfect art!

This post covers days 22 to 38 to catch up (Day 40 is Holy Thursday.)

22  Petrichor in Africa

23 A headless puffadder trying to strike the hand holding its tail.

24 A whiter shade of pale -Procul Harum

25 Daddy laughing at something he read – tears streaming from his eyes.

26 Pie jesu

27 A cold glass of beer, condensation beading the glass

28 The Duomo in Florence. Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore 

29 The Concorde

30 The Hallelujah Chorus

31 Roadside Cosmos in Autumn

32 The scent of baking bread from bakery ovens

33  “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas

34 Gustav Klimt: Judith and the head of Holofernes   

35 Blue swallows flitting past on a high mountain vlei

36 The  glint in the eye of an impish bull terrier

37 Samba pa ti – Carlos Santana

38 The amabutfo singing  Siya ncaba ka nkofula  on Swaziland Independence day, echoing from the Mdzimba Mountains

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Author: manqindi

Post imperial wind drift. Swazi, British, Zimbabwe-Rhodesian, Irish, New Zealand citizen and resident, now in Queensland, Australia. 10th generation African of mainly European descent. Catholic upbringing, more free thinker now. BA and Law background. Altar boy, wages clerk, uncle, prefect, student, court clerk, prosecutor, magistrate, convoy escort, pensioner, HR Practitioner, husband, stepfather, father, bull terrier lover, telephone interviewer, Call Centre manager, HR manager, grandfather, author (amateur)

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    1. Sadly not. It has deep meaning for me as I attended with my Dad, who was a profound Swazi linguist and probably the only mlungu who knew the words and the significance of the song. He also sang very well. Aargh! I have tears in my eyes.

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