Bits & Pieces

1 0/02/2022. Bits & Pieces # 504. Bloopers in Literature and Other Stuff….. This feels a bit weird……starting an edition of Bs & Ps with the knowledge that I am on my own for this one, and, hopefully, quite a few more, is a little disconcerting to say the least. Having Big L lurking in the background, ready to lend a helping hand and to add his creative ‘penny-worth’ to make it look like a half-decent blog, was always very reassuring. But now? As a solo artist? We shall see.  Before I start, I would like to thank all of you who have taken the trouble, either by email, telephonically or in person, to encourage me to continue with Bs & Ps in whatever form I decide to produce it. Your good wishes and encouragement mean plenty to this ancient heart and head. So, much appreciation and, as always, my wish is that you will continue to enjoy reading the blog as much as I enjoy creating it. (There was, relevant to what follows, a Freudian slip in that last sentence – I left out ...