It’s time to dust the blog off again. We’re in the middle of the autumn season now and AP and I felt that we needed to take one more long weekend trip before we hunker down for the winter. We decided upon Yorkshire, specifically the Halifax area so that we could visit both Shiben Hall, … More A Post for November
We’re in the depths of winter now and it can get pretty gloomy so whenever the suns comes out we grab the dogs — Skye on her lead and Daisy in her little kangaroo pouch — and we head for the local park or a surrounding nature reserve. It’s always a very leisurely walk because … More Winter Walks and Meanderings
A few months ago, AP and I talked through the list of places where we intended to go for our retirement. Ohhh, we had hoped to visit places far away — those with ancient cultures and mysterious histories. We acknowledged that covid put the kibosh on any travel dreams that might be outside of the … More Oh Yeah – I Went There
Back in January – remember way back then? Well, back then I was preoccupied with trying to figure out how to pull myself out of the winter doldrums and how to move forward after an overwhelming and disappointing conservative election victory. I knew then that we were in for a whole heap of hurt as … More Are You OK?
The early Christians incorporated the pagan celebration of winter solstice to the celebration of the birth of Christ. The solstice normally falls on the 21st of December and is followed by three days where the sun rises in the same place on the horizon. It is on December 25th that movement of the sun can … More Merry Meet And Bright Blessings
AP bought an expensive collectable book from a vendor who sent the book via a private courier. The book never arrived and thus far we have had three communications from the courier stating: That the book was delivered; that the book is in their facility in a nearby town and would be delivered the following … More It’s Not my Job, I Can’t Help You, Computer Says No…
Only a short blurb on Brexit. The country is deeply divided and everyone is feeling the stress of it. There’s a lot of sadness on both sides of this issue and that’s all I’m going to say about it. I know…right? I usually have strong opinions on such matters but I am truly flummoxed by … More Brexit in the Springtime
(Permission given by Lee Moran to use his drone photo, which shows the park with Farnham Castle.) We had more winter excitement on Thursday and Friday. Two winter storms collided and our little corner of the world came to a little bit of a standstill. It was very exciting and all morning I … More Emma Meets The Beast from the East
I just looked outside and saw a burst of snow flurries! Our first of the season. Daisy got a haircut. She would never allow me to cut her hair, which was overgrown and very thick. Each time I approached with clippers or even some scissors, she would draw her lip back and growl at me… … More Early December
These English summers. Moderate temperatures. Blue skies with or without puffy clouds. Meadows with wildflowers and walks along the county trails. The seaside. Oh readers. I don't even have a funny story to tell you. I've been muddling through the days picking up pieces that have fallen away and trying to get broken things … More English Summer
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