Coffee morning
I had a letter from the local Electricity company last week saying that the power would be off today from 9am to 3pm. while they did some necessary maintenance. I didn’t much like the idea of staying...
View ArticleTwo RAK’s today
I was the recipient of not one, but two RAK’s (Random Act of Kindness) today! See Betsys page and all will become clear. I had arranged to meet someone in a cafe in town today at 11am to discuss plans...
View ArticleWinter Dawn [My version]
Dedicated to Betsy. I well remember watching, as I stood there all alone, The first red scars of dawn that burned across the heavens arc And rolled in silent rivers down the frozen hills beneath, To...
View ArticleThe Weed and the Worm
Go build your cities fine and build them high. Roll out your concrete blanket over the hills. Push up commercial temples to the sky, The great God progress granted you the skills. Go build your plastic...
View Article“If I can help somebody. .
. . as I pass along, then my living shall not be in vain” On Tuesday morning the local District Nurse came for a home visit to change the compression dressing on my leg. I normally go to the Hospital …...
View ArticleGeneral election 2015
The General Election will soon be upon us, 7 May in fact. All the political leaders are busy preparing their speeches in which they will make all the usual promises about what they will do if they get...
View ArticleThe lost years
As you can see this picture is dated 1947 when I was 10 years old. The occasion was the local Church Garden Fete, and our class had to perform some country dances to please our doting parents. Click...
View ArticleGet free goodies here!
Sorry, not for you. Just for me, and about 10,000 more people. Amongst the usual pile of junk mail was a very eye catching garden centre catalogue, with some really attractive looking colour photos of...
View ArticleLe Fish and Chips à la Française
“Chips” in France and America are called “crisps” in England. Just so you know. One day last week I was using “Stumble Upon” just going from page to page when I found a site called...
View ArticleA Life Lesson
From when I was 8yrs old (That was the year World War II ended) to the time I was drafted into the Army at 17yrs I lived with my Grandma and Grandad on their farm in rural Leicestershire. It was …...
View ArticleChristian Evangelists
This morning, the day after Good Friday, I travelled into the city to do some shopping when I was accosted by not one, but two, evangelists. They always seem to turn out in force at Easter and...
View ArticleAnyone for Jam?
I heard on the news that a man who was being interviewed in connection with the forthcoming elections in this country said “. . and being just a piece of white trash myself I can understand why the...
View ArticleThis And That
1. My version of a salad for lunch today. Clockwise from top, Elmsthorpe tomato, red onion, celery, orange pepper, beetroot, cheese and cucumber. Ham in the centre with homemade apple and ginger...
View ArticleHandwriting revisited
While browsing in a charity shop recently for second hand train magazines (don’t ask!) I came across the book on the left. Apparently it came out in 1954 – too late for my school-days – and was used by...
View ArticleDo you see?
Do you see the darkening of the clouds above? Do you see humankind embracing hatred instead of love? Do you see the darkness taking away the light? Do you see evil becoming epitomised as what is right?...
View ArticleZombie Carrots!
Night of the Living Carrots “It’s Halloween and a mutant alien pumpkin explodes on the Murphy’s carrot garden. Now, zombie carrots rise up to attack the town, biting the townspeople and taking over...
View ArticleCry ‘God for Harry, England and St George’
Today is Will Shakespeare’s birthday, and St Georges Day. They may take our England away from us but they can’t take St George away, he will still be our patron saint even if the Government insist that...
View ArticleAway for a while.
I shall be away from my computer for a while. I’m off to help a fellow stained glass artist who is bogged down with too much work and is falling behind with his restoration work. I have already done...
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