Me and my Flock. Well I am not sure what these humans are about here. All I know is that I am getting bigger every day and my essential equipment is growing proportionately. I’m roughly half grown and quite a…
Megabollix
La Maison de Verre
Having lived in France for eight years – himself eighteen – and not doing much but reclaim the garden from nature – brambles, thistles stinging nettles and random bushes, hand digging trenches wearing waders, across fields in pouring rain to…
Venetian Flag of War
Venetian Flag of War The book is closed and the sword is held up in its place. This indicates that the Venetian states are in a period of War. The Republic of Venice (697-1797) was at war twenty-three times between…
Maurice
Three years ago my old spaniel Muppet died from heart failure…..she’s been pushing up roses in the rose bed ever since. Or more accurately one white rose in the middle of the bed which has grown enormous. Over the last…
An Innocent Nearly Abroad
Oxford to Aird Uig by Train and Boat. January 1962 Imagine a callow youth of just 18 years and 4 months,not having been north of Oxford in his life except to go to basic training camp for the Air Force…
Ted Talks of interest
Willful Blindness. The Scourge of Today. Wilful Blindness If there is information that you could know and you should know but you somehow manage not to know, the law deems that you are Wilfully Blind. You have chosen not to…
Pipe and Slippers Man?
Wedding Anniversary Presents. 2016 . KHUSSA or MOJARI Punjabi slippers. These slippers are still hand made in the Punjab, the dialect gives rise to the different names, there are several others. These differ from the Middle Eastern and African…
RIP Arthur
Megabollix Three
This by way of being an update of the last few months. It all started out by the suspicious behaviour on behalf of the lady general factotum. She was going around looking at us and muttering to herself that although…
Venetian Peace Flag
Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus The republic of Venice created out of the lagoon communities in the northeast of the now Italy in the seventh century adopted St. Mark as its patron saint. The winged lion holding a book on…
Things learned in life……or not.
‘Himself’ is writing up some wonderful life’s experiences. He is looking forward to me posting some of mine. So, here goes……. Many lifetimes ago in 1982 a friend who would eventually become a god-parent (should the god thing be capitalised?) to…