Adullamite

This ancient picture sums up my day.  Still, misty, calm, quiet.  Nothing moving, except to eat.   Now, as the gentle monsoon rain teems dow...

  The latest Great Niece. I have so many! The other day, my nephew, he of startling intellect, his spelling is less than that of a 'Sun...

This is a good book! I was unsure about buying it, but I had to use the book voucher from last year and only two books in that shop were wor...

  No rain this morning.  Cloudy sky yes, rain no.  So I prepared for a haircut! Shoes on, not the slipper things I tried to go out with the ...

Another summers day.   The rain began just as I returned from the shop.  Light, fiddly rain, the type that makes you feel you are walking in...

This is an interesting book.   Alev Scott roams around the former Ottoman Empire speaking to as many as possible, at least those who would s...

The Eon Crooks have been at it again.   They sent a lying email informing me the costs will be coming down,  almost immediately I get anothe...

An indication of how boring my life is these days is the fact that I have now begun reading 1 Chronicles. The long boring lists of names, co...

It's a long time since I have been down at Poole Harbour, which is just visible as a dim hump in the far distance.   I dreamt of buying ...

Freddie was barking downstairs. That's Freddie the dog I must make clear.  He is a wonder at ensuring no-one approaches the door, the ba...

This insipid picture sums up my past few days.  Feeling rough and doing little.  This, along with nothing worth reporting in this world apar...

This was the threat today, along with thunder and lightning and heavy rain. Feeling a bit peaky over the past couple of days I was intending...

Life is full of mystery. The doorbell rang, ding-dong, ding-dong, as it does, for the second day in a row.  This is unusual. I fell down the...

I was a wee bit stunned yesterday evening, to receive news of the death of a long time friend.  One of the three close friends I have. Mary,...

It's been a physically tiring day.   I am just going to sit in tonight and sip this for a while. This might oil the bones and give me en...

Baking With Granny I was watching a film clip from the war regarding the lack of food, and they pointed out that in the film you never saw a...