America
Navy SEAL death a true tragedy
To be a successful soldier, you must know history. George S. Patton Jr. Last Saturday in Virginia a Navy SEAL Commander fell to his death from a helicopter he was fast roping down from. [more…]
Human Interest
Arts
A Winter’s Tale
We moved, the wife and I, into this house eleven years ago. It is a prosaic little domicile, having been built in 1990, and it is situated equidistant between the railway station, the hospital and [more…]
Arts
The Steps to the North Pole
At this time of year there are many traditions that people follow – school carol services and nativity plays; putting up a tree; lights on the front of the house; Black Friday then Cyber Monday; [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Two
Monday Another week breaks for your cat correspondent to report on. It was lovely and sunny when I woke up this morning so I thought I would take my stroll down the garden in preference [more…]
Arts
Mum’s Eightieth Birthday
Some three months before Mum’s 80th my brother, Barry, and I got together to work out what we could organise for her. We came up with a number of ideas, amongst them were a party [more…]
Fishing
Some people might get some pleasure out of hate
I was a quiet and reserved chap when I was at school in Londonistan. Blond haired, blue-eyed with a well-fashioned, smart black school blazer, I wasn’t set on starting a new nationalist movement, merely trying [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week One Hundred And Twenty One
Monday Morning all, these Monday mornings seem to come round quicker and quicker, I guess that it is something to do with getting older. When I was a kitten, warm sunny summer days seemed to [more…]
19th Century
Not Just a Walk in the Park
It has been a challenging couple of years for us all, and I suspect that our trials and tribulations are a long way from over. Thus, as the autumn temperatures drop away to winter’s chills, [more…]
America
Ships That Pass
Two Rascals I looked down on a thunderstorm. The distant lights of late evening Manhattan were being complimented. Clouds beneath me luminesced with staccato lightning flashes above a rain-lashed Long Island. 1988 had ended badly. [more…]