i've been thinking about my father, how he loved the cowboys whereas i was always into the indians. we both loved clint eastwood but for different reasons, he because of his cowboy movies and i must admit i liked them to, he always showed great respect to the indians. 

i was thinking about dad today, how often when i become animated about the political world and feel a need to chat with someone who was just as shocked and amazed by all the things that were going on,  he was number one on my list. instead of analysing it we would just confess our disbelief and bafflement. for example, the persecution of trump. we could not understand how so many people hated him without knowing why, and i often equated it to the two minites of hate (emmanuel goldstein) in 1984. it was just bizarre how they went after him, never gave him a chance at all. fabricated news, lied, misrepresented him in most media, downplayed his achievements and  made the clintons, obama and the rest of them out to be the good guys. very few people understood obama's agenda, fewer understood how dangerous and corrupt the clintons were. it was never about left wing right wing for dad and me, it was about a sense of righteousness. but i guess you have to go beyond the bbc and the guardian to know that.

that's something i loved about my dad. he had principles. they were kinda somewhat misdirected in my humble opinion but he had them and he stuck to them. i have my own, a code i guess. it's simple and always true and i trust it. 

spending time alone this weekend, listening to a lot of bob dylan. i gotta say dylan is a sort of singularity, no one sings or writes like him. all his songs have such depth, they are funny, tragic and poetic and dylan uses language just like a writer. i also really like his delivery, very few singers understand this aspect of singing. sinatra was the master but dylan has it too. recently he reinterpreted his old songs for a cd called shadow kingdom, a live rendition of very early songs. 'forever young' is a highlight but they all sound amazing. his voice is so rich, with experience and knowledge and wisdom. it really is something. his harp playing is pretty impressive as well.