America
Where the Surf Meets the Turf
In their 1963 hit single, the Beach Boys sang that if everybody had an ocean (across the USA) then they’d all be surfing, like in Cal-if-orn-i-a. In the first line of the chorus, they went [more…]
Hobbies
Arts
Family Holiday Torture
Following on from Novak and Goode’s excellent postcard from Vilnius, I thought I’d share some photos of our trip there in October last year. I’ve been before as my mate married a Lithuanian girl and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Two
Monday Good morning everyone and welcome to a year of my diary. I must admit I didn’t expect it to last this long. I thought you, happy readers, would have got fed up with it [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 129
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a copy of A Bear’s Diary. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 128 Captain Black. Answers [more…]
Hobbies
Car review: Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Auto 2018
Following on from the excellent article by AWS the other Friday on a VW thing, I thought I would do one on the car I have just purchased. Maybe some of you could write something, [more…]
Cooking
Atomic Buffalo Turds
The time has come to introduce the uninitiated Puffins of this world to one of the best kept secrets of the culinary world: Atomic Buffalo Turds (ABTs). Don’t ask me how they got their name [more…]
America
Why is Portland Like Portland?
If Chicago is “The Windy City”, New York, “The Big Apple”, New Orleans, “The Big Easy” and Reno, Nevada, “The Biggest Little City in the World”, then Portland, Oregon, is “A Big Retirement Home for [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fifty One
Monday Oh lovely another sunny morning. A delightful stroll around the No. 10 garden pre-breakfast before it gets too warm. I am convinced something has been in the garden overnight, there are some different scents. [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 128
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 127 b-bob. Answers with next week’s crossword. [more…]