Animals
Postcard from Way-Els
Way-Els – The English words “Wales” and “Welsh” derive from the same Germanic root (singular Walh, plural Walha), which was itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe known to the Romans as Volcae [more…]
Culture
Arts
Postcard from Mexico, No 1
Fauna of Quintana Roo, Yucatán Peninsula. On land along with the tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, iguanas, howler monkeys, agoutis and raccoons. Troops of Coatis (Coatimundi) are one of the more endearing animals to be seen in [more…]
Arts
Gmbd, Honesty
I don’t want to sound boastful but I think I started very early. All I ever did was think. I thought within my capabilities but the important thing that you need to understand is that [more…]
Arts
Wankpuffin – GE2017 Election Special
© EJ 2017
20th Century
Off Grid Living, 1945 to 1953
I lived for the first seven years of my life in a hamlet on the western fringe of Salisbury Plain. At about six hundred and sixty feet above sea level it was a fairly bleak [more…]
20th Century
Foraging for food in the Fifties
I was born in 1945, the war had just ended, the world was a very different place then. As a child food was one of my primary concerns, it was difficult to find enough fuel [more…]
Arts
Arts
The Old Grey Wankpuffin Test
© EJ 2016
Arts
The invasion of Devon
There are no jobs in North Devon. The weather is shit most of the time and the medical facilities are being cut back left, right and centre. So what we clearly need is a load [more…]