Tachybaptus – Going Postal

A Bear’s Diary – Part 1

16th December 2018 Tachybaptus 0

Cambridge, Novr. 6th, 1805. I did not dance well at the Bonfire Night show on Midsummer Common. Afterwards, Fred said to me, ‘Daisy, me ole dear. Yer knows and I knows yer gettin’ a bit [more…]

This is the classic Italian Christmas cake, a much lighter thing than the British equivalent. It’s in the shops now, a wonderful confection at a stiff price. Be a cheapskate and make your own, which [more…]

Postcard from Tlön – Part 2

1st October 2018 Tachybaptus 0

The Flying-Sprouting on the Standing-in-the-Flowing The following morning I rose early and went down for my shining-rising-eating, or breakfast as they say in more materialistic lands. A wide buffet was laden with all kinds of [more…]

Postcard from Tlön – Part 1

24th September 2018 Tachybaptus 0

Oxcart to Garq Many years ago when I was at university, I read Jorge Luis Borges’ ‘Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’, about a fabled land somewhere in Central Asia, where material objects were considered to be [more…]

Tilda & Tilda and the Witches

9th September 2018 Tachybaptus 0

Tilda and Tilda and the Witches page with links and downloads in various formats here: Tilda and Tilda and the Witches – Index and download URLs With many thanks to Tachybaptus for the writing [more…]