Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Five
Sally’s hair was still damp as they waited in the bar for Jane Goodley to arrive, Sally was smartly dressed, Dave was in jeans and a shirt, there hadn’t been time to have his suit [more…]
Literature
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Seven
All the drive back to the villa, Jinnie pondered on her conversation with Jorja. Jinnie was happy with her decision to have her concentrate on Bearcat Catering and handing over the development of Aunty JoJo’s [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: I Survived, by Victoria Cilliers
The recent tragic suicide by parachute jump of experienced skydiver Jade Damarell, widely reported in the media, brought to mind the Cilliers case of a few years ago, which Victoria Cilliers goes into in this [more…]
Authoritarianism
A View From The Greenhouse; Hooptedoodle
A normal Sunday morning, or so one might think. The end of August is damp and fairly breezy up here in the hinterlands, but nothing out of the ordinary for the time of year. My [more…]
Hobbies
Postcard from Cornwall (Porthleven)
It must be close on 20 years since we last holidayed in Cornwall. We used to go every summer when our children were young but the lure of foreign holidays and the dread of getting [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Eight
A headline caught my eye : ‘Tenant renting out London council house while iving in Ethiopia among dozens to have property seized.’ Says it all about the current state of soft touch Britain brought about [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Two Hundred And Ninety-Four
Monday Good morning, friends, my good friends. The weather forecast said warm and sunny this morning, but they seem to have got it wrong again. It’s dull and overcast. However, the mood is bright in [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Four
“Why ‘Mac the Knife’?” “I think he had a very Scottish name, his surname was ‘Mac’ something, one of the other guys must have called him that during their training and it stuck.” “You don’t [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Six
Jinnie couldn’t decide who was the most excited to be flying to Barbados, the twins or Cathy. Of course, the twins had flown there several times before, both on holiday and to pick up a [more…]