Grant McGaheran
@grantmcgaheran.bsky.social
From Sheffield, in Tokyo since 2000.
Books, walks, modernism, records, cats.
Books, walks, modernism, records, cats.
Pinned
'She said, "Put away that dee lantern," she says.'
'Yes.'
'Says she, "Dost hear, old turmit-head? Put away that dee lantern. I have floored fellows a dee sight finer-looking than a dee fool like thee, you son of a bee, dee me if I haint," she says.'
'Yes.'
'Says she, "Dost hear, old turmit-head? Put away that dee lantern. I have floored fellows a dee sight finer-looking than a dee fool like thee, you son of a bee, dee me if I haint," she says.'
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
'She said, "Put away that dee lantern," she says.'
'Yes.'
'Says she, "Dost hear, old turmit-head? Put away that dee lantern. I have floored fellows a dee sight finer-looking than a dee fool like thee, you son of a bee, dee me if I haint," she says.'
'Yes.'
'Says she, "Dost hear, old turmit-head? Put away that dee lantern. I have floored fellows a dee sight finer-looking than a dee fool like thee, you son of a bee, dee me if I haint," she says.'
Enjoyed the mist this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Enjoyed the mist this morning.
Good morning mate.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Good morning mate.
Those your pipes mate.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Those your pipes mate.
'The hard, smooth terror was in him. He saw the birches carved, bent to shapes that were not trees but men, animals, and the hardness and the terror were blue and silver on the edge of vision.'
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
'The hard, smooth terror was in him. He saw the birches carved, bent to shapes that were not trees but men, animals, and the hardness and the terror were blue and silver on the edge of vision.'
Healing on a tired Thursday to walk beneath a gleaming canopy.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Healing on a tired Thursday to walk beneath a gleaming canopy.
Tomatenpolitik
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tomatenpolitik
Eerie manifestation of 1967 Paul McCartney from around 1:40 in this 1980 feature about morning pubs in Cork.
youtu.be/l-GLRdMYQnI?...
youtu.be/l-GLRdMYQnI?...
Early House Pubs of Cork City, Ireland 1980
YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults
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November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Eerie manifestation of 1967 Paul McCartney from around 1:40 in this 1980 feature about morning pubs in Cork.
youtu.be/l-GLRdMYQnI?...
youtu.be/l-GLRdMYQnI?...
Three years ago today
Consider the leaves
Consider the leaves
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Three years ago today
Consider the leaves
Consider the leaves
Reposted by Grant McGaheran
If small forces of bears can keep the perverts pinned down around Gifu City and Minokoma, the bears’ main mobile units can launch a flanking attack from the southwest and take control of the regional industrial and transport hub of Nagoya, leaving the perverts stranded with their supply lines cut.
Gifu Shimbun has a map which plots monthly bear sightings and reports of suspicious individuals. The result looks like a strategy game, pitting bears against perverts. www.gifu-np.co.jp/articles/-/3...
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If small forces of bears can keep the perverts pinned down around Gifu City and Minokoma, the bears’ main mobile units can launch a flanking attack from the southwest and take control of the regional industrial and transport hub of Nagoya, leaving the perverts stranded with their supply lines cut.
Season of Lights
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Season of Lights
'I've written two of them, each more disastrous than the other, and before I die I'm going to write a third'
Frank O'Connor on Monitor, 1961
youtu.be/VoIh0jzKttk?...
Frank O'Connor on Monitor, 1961
youtu.be/VoIh0jzKttk?...
1961: Frank O'Connor Returns to Cork | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'I've written two of them, each more disastrous than the other, and before I die I'm going to write a third'
Frank O'Connor on Monitor, 1961
youtu.be/VoIh0jzKttk?...
Frank O'Connor on Monitor, 1961
youtu.be/VoIh0jzKttk?...
Bamboo forest, watchful guardian
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bamboo forest, watchful guardian
Here Comes Midweek
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Here Comes Midweek
Yer Wednesday morning steaming kudzu.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Yer Wednesday morning steaming kudzu.
Enjoying the clouds this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Enjoying the clouds this morning.
