20th Century
The Prostitute’s Padre
On 30 July 1937 a man entered a cage at a Skegness amusement park. In the cage were two lions, one male, one female; Freddie and Toto. According to their owner, both animals were “docile” [more…]
Hobbies
Computing
Automations In My Home* Part II
* And outside. Home automation seems all the rage in puffinland with various articles describing the setting up, care and feeding of home automations. We’ve had Automations in my home and Smart Radiators, and I [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Seventy-Seven
Monday Good morning everyone, and welcome to another week of my musings. I took a slow walk down to the bottom of the garden this morning as it is getting a little more pleasant in [more…]
Arts
Trag In Ruh (Take It In Your Stride)
Puffins will be familiar with a truism of the lower orders ducking and diving through the mean streets of Zermatt with a dagger between their teeth looking for a cheap room while the officer class [more…]
Hobbies
Shunting along
I know it has been remiss of me for not following up on the article of 16th of January. I’d planned to write one around once every two weeks as the layout progresses but time [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Seven
29th December – At sea The ‘Phantom Door Banger’ was late this morning. I was up and dressed when ‘its’ door crashed at 07:20. Guess who forgot to put their clock forward? Mind you, having [more…]
Culture
A View From The Greenhouse; New Beginnings
It’s that time of year again, when I choose to bore the bi-weekly pants off you all by relating my erstwhile greenhouse adventures and, more often than not, misadventures. As always this “diary” will be [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Seventy-Six
Monday Good morning everyone, and what a lovely morning, bright, sunny and not too cold. Maybe it’s because it’s half term down here in the south of England and the kids can go outside to [more…]
19th Century
His Monument, The Matterhorn
We shall continue our trip towards the source of the Matter Vispa, heading south towards the mountain town of Zermatt. However, we shall no longer call it a road trip. The evidence suggests, given a [more…]