Quote of the Week – Cats

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life:

Music and Cats.

War – Peace

This museum has been constructed, not for the maintenance of the hatred among human beings, but to warn and teach us the lesson of how horrible war is.

May peace always conquer violence.

Leaflet at the museum at the site of the bridge over the River Kwai.

Quote of the Week – Art

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

*South west Tasmania (c) David Trudinger.*

Quote of the Week – Memory

Someone said that God gave us memory

so that we might remember roses in December.

( J. M. Barrie )

Recipe For Bachelor's Fruitcake

INGREDIENTS

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups dried fruit
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup nuts
lemon juice
1 gallon whiskey

METHOD

Sample whiskey to check for quality. Take large bowl. Check whiskey again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Pour one level cup and drink. Repeat.

Turn on electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 tsp sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still okay. Cry another tup. Turn off the mixer. Break two legs and add to the bowl. Chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Mix on the turner. If the dried fruit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample whiskey to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares. Check the whiskey. Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don’t forget to beat off the turners. Throw the bowl out the window. Check the whiskey again. Go to bed.