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Month: February 2022

Cooking

Easy Chocolate Brownies

28th February 2022 Going Postal 3893 Comments

Ingredients 3oz flour (I use buckwheat flour) 8oz butter 5oz dark brown sugar 4oz ground almonds (you can use 1 oz ground almonds and 3oz chopped hazlenuts) 2oz good quality cocoa powder (ie Green and [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – February 1942

28th February 2022 well_chuffed 4237 Comments

January had finished with the Allies on the back foot in Libya, the Axis was advancing. It was all going pear shaped again. Although Tobruk had been relieved, the Axis armour hadn’t been destroyed, merely [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 26

27th February 2022 Blown Periphery 3883 Comments

St Juan de Pasto Main Operating Base, The Pan American Highway North-West of Ipiales When Edge got back from Bogota there were eight Blackhawk and two Apache helicopters sitting on the hardstanding in front of [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty Two

27th February 2022 Going Postal 5277 Comments

Monday Good morning merry readers. It’s amazing how quickly these Monday mornings come around and I set off on another journey into this whacky world we live in. Bozzie woke me up early clumping around [more…]

19th Century

Nostalgia Album, Part Four

26th February 2022 Always Worth Saying 3887 Comments

With there being only 11 years between them both my grandfather, Elihu, and his nephew, John Jr, joined up for the Second War. Last time we looked at my grandfather’s service in the RAOC and [more…]

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Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 209

26th February 2022 Going Postal 4549 Comments

SOD-YOU-KO 209 Word Search 209 First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins one of these. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 208 and [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Three – The Doobie Brothers

25th February 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3748 Comments

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Three – The Doobie Brothers If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Eight

25th February 2022 Going Postal 2965 Comments

Jinnie awoke with Larry asleep on her feet. He had been delighted to see her home and had followed her around the house like a little dog, reluctant to leave her side. Her movement woke [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

25th February 2022 Always Worth Saying 2947 Comments

Question Time 24th February 2022 The Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) James Cleverley (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Katherine Birbalsingh (Educator) Radek Sikorski (Polish MEP) Timothy Gorton-Ash (Historian) Anne McElvoy (The Economist) Venue: Harrow Puffins with instant [more…]

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