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Month: April 2021

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 13

27th April 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

A METEOROLOGICAL DIGRESSION Life on a small yacht is lived much closer to nature than most people in developed countries usually experience. That is particularly true about weather in its many forms and I’d like [more…]

Animals

In Praise of Dogs

27th April 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

I’m sure many of you will have seen the occasional pictures I post in the comments that nobody reads, and the articles I have written make reference to them , and one was even about [more…]

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Authoritarianism

A Rights and Logic Based Approach to Pandemics

27th April 2021 Patrick Barron 0

We all are too familiar with the approach to pandemics taken by governments at all levels in the US. In the name of “public safety” governments assumed “emergency powers” to restrict the citizens’ right to [more…]

Arts

Flight of the Navigator

26th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Since Tina and I ditched the TV license last year, we’ve been using the money we saved to amass films and TV from times gone by. You know, back in the days when TV and [more…]

Arts

The Goodnight Vienna Spring 2021 (Ladies) Competition

26th April 2021 Swiss Bob 0

Courtesy of Reggie you can win a bar of precious metal (silver) pictured above by submitting your articles between now and the 23rd May. Other prizes will be on offer, possibly some crystal ware if [more…]

America

Letter to a Trump Hating Friend

26th April 2021 Going Postal 0

I’ve taken some time to read and reread your prior emails, so that I can respond in a useful way. I do have another take on some of the issues you mentioned and will note [more…]

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Fiction

The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 16

25th April 2021 Blown Periphery 0

They were being drawn to the mountains like moths to a lamp. The intelligence told them that the Saudi terrorist mastermind had gravitated towards the Tora Bora areas and cave complexes that spanned the Afghan/Pakistan [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety

25th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Gosh, when I woke up it was snowing. I hate snow. Fortunately, it did lay or last within an hour it turned to rain, which I also hate, but not as much as snow! [more…]

Book Review

Book Review: Arthur & the Lost Kingdoms by A Moffat

25th April 2021 1642again 0

My review of John Morris’ The Age of Arthur caused quite a stir and clearly there remains much interest in the British Dark Ages, and especially in the thorny issue of Arthur and his existence.  [more…]

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