Firing up the log burner…
A gotta-be-done job is stocking up the log store prior to winter. Although with a morning temperature of 2.6 degrees we have beaten the deadline narrowly.
The wheel issue…
If you’ve been reading you’ll know that Beefy cuts or trims the surrounding hedges with his tractor and flail. Each year at around this time he appears and each year at the same time I order from Amazon, the isolated […]
My mind…
What’s one thing you own that holds deep sentimental value? A piece of matter. Interconnected neurons that one cannot see. Instant recall of events, faces, names, happy feelings recalled, embarrassing moments relived, lessons learned, lessons forgotten and re-learned with a […]
The road-sweeper conundrum
This rabbit hole didn’t exist, it’s a non-rabbit hole. At least it was until my curiosity pushed me down it courtesy of Google. I needed to replace the shovel handle, which is worthy of a post in itself. However, I […]
Don’t…
What’s one piece of travel advice you always follow? The advice came from a colleague in the Ministry of Public Building and Works, that well-known ministry that few will even remember or be aware of. Sixty years ago, on hearing […]
Austen +1…
The morning after storm Austen and the river has barely risen. Could be that there was insufficient rain, although Apple weather (as was Dark Skies) says we received 11mm. The river is relatively clear indicating that it is composed largely […]
Multi-coloured leaf stop…
Storm Austen has whipped up a… well, storm really. Taking leaves off the trees before they would normally drop. The result has been fence line of a variety of colours and shapes.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm would be the worst world to live in. Just imagine if those happenings occurred in the real world. Slimy, venal, self-obsesses leaders, running the race of life at everyone else’s expense both literally and metaphorically, and mob rule […]
Live to my current age.
What’s something you’ve done that you never thought you could? Not in a desperately ill way, nor an Everest manner, just living. Once upon a time Listen With Mother was my total world, alongside malt extract and free orange juice […]
Gyles Brandreth
If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why? I admire his energy and his to-do mind set. At 80 or so, his varied life and self-challenging approach to it is […]