Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Four
There has been a lot of discussion on the blog about where might be a good place to retreat to if the future becomes as bleak as it appears at this time. Who knows what [more…]
Month: October 2024
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Fifty-Three
Monday Good morning from a not very happy cat. I trotted down to the bottom of the garden and it was horribly cold and wet, and I returned a soggy cold moggy. I must admit [more…]
21st Century
Postcard From Birmingham, Part Seven
Shall we climb the Minecraft Library of Birmingham as far as Mrs AWS’s iffy-with-heights wobbly legs will take her? Find a balcony and enjoy the vista? Yes, we will, and we’ll take a few photos [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Thirteen
As planned, he left the café and walked down the street, it was still early on Sunday morning, there was hardly anyone about. Dave reckoned he had a maximum of fifteen minutes before Roger Peterson [more…]
Arts
The Wankpuffin Song Two Tier Remix
More Wankpuffin videos here. © EJ 2024
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time Philadelphia 2024 The Panel: Martina White (Republican) Malcolm Kenyatta (Democrat) Brian Lanza (Trump advisor) Anthony Zurcher (BBC corespondant) Mehdi Hasan (Broadcaster) Venue: Philadelphia What’s the state capital of Pennsylvania? Wrong! Harrisburg. Added to [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie tried to ring Paolo on the train on the way back to Hadley from her meeting with Alan, but his mobile kept going to voicemail. The third time it happened, she left a message [more…]
20th Century
A Ukrainian Enigma
I have an original photograph bought as part of a “bundle” from a militaria seller whose business model is to put together sets of documents, photographs and ephemera that appear to be vaguely related so [more…]
21st Century
Deeper in the Dirt
Two of my recent articles deal with the militarily useful information Iran might gain from their own pre-notified “swarm” attack on Israel and the recent retaliation by client Hezbollah for the killing of one of [more…]