Adullamite

All day I have been involved in contention, yet have never left the house.  'Belligerent is I' has been the order of the day....

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Keith's Histories I've been enlightening myself by reading through Keith Ives excellent history of the nonconformist church...

And was she walking the dog in the park or spending money in the shops? Or just drunk? .

Times Here's the first.  A man famous for empty gestures.  Once a footballer, something he ended the day he married his stick i...

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I took this picture about 25 years ago.  I was standing on 'Suicide Bridge' at Archway.  The hills to the north of London g...

Tour Scotland I have my bus pass.  Another sign that the years are passing is the ownership of a Free Bus Pass for old folks.  This i...

The African nations Cup has indeed been a boon to those of us who despair when offered umpteen channels showing 'pap' day b...

The temperature rose! Rain fell through the night and washed away the snow that had been beginning to thaw, wonderful!  The birds p...

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The Bard's birthday.  The greatest poet produced in this land, a great man, a womaniser, a customs official, a farmer's boy a...

Several days running the postman did not ring the bell.  One had the audacity to claim he had rung the bell and I didn't answer, th...

News from the desperate front.  Dave has realised the UKIP party are in danger of stealing Conservative votes while he continues to ...

At night all was still.  Lights were dimmed, doors closed, outside sounds nullified, stillness, disturbed rarely by footsteps, a nurse h...

A preacher said,  "Anyone with 'special needs' who wants to be prayed over, please come to the front by the altar."...

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I just got off the phone with a friend who lives in Northern Scotland.   He said that since early this morning, the snow has been ne...