Author Archives: Ian

Christmas came and went quite painlessly. There were only the two of us.Earlier we had anticipated visits from either of both of our sons and their partners. The Lincolnshire son is immunity compromised so the virus situation precluded any move … Continue reading →

A pride of lions was sleeping in the shade of an acacia tree. A lioness awoke, her ears pricked; she sat up and surveyed the area. Coming towards them was a human being wearing a khaki drill shirt and shorts … Continue reading →

I cut and paste below today’s entry from Charlotte Hughes’ blog. A lady I greatly admire and whom I would like to meet although that doesn’t seem likely given age, Covid, time and distance involved. Support her if you can … Continue reading →

Seagulls eh ? What would you do with them ? Actually, since we don’t eat fish and chips outside our seagulls are no great problem to us, except that that are a bit anti-social in the matter of where and … Continue reading →

When all else fails, and boredom strikes, post a photograph. Chair-side scene during Covid.

Our European friends tell it as it is . . . ‘A fire-eater who’s run out of fuel’: European press lays into Boris Johnson Continental media are in no mood to donner un break to the British PM, sensing the … Continue reading →

Of all the daft things to be doing at the present juncture, a few days before Christmas and the New Year, and with Omicron bearing down on us all, here we are trying out a replacement for our little Toyota … Continue reading →

Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” Cinnamon has been released . . . HERE

We have finished our Christmas Cards and now await the cards from people we have omitted or didn’t expect. We are also fortunate in that the Postie will take items to be posted, and does not simply deliver. Thus I … Continue reading →

The present Pope is very good at short homilies, something I could never do. Today is my 88th birthday so I was particularly taken with these few words about “the elderly” . . . “Do not forget the tree. Never … Continue reading →