Literature
In Defence of Aldershot
Oh Aldershot, my Aldershot, what have they done to you there was a time, so long ago when you were fresh and new thirty years ago or so you were a joy to know. Neglect, [more…]
Poetry
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty
Not being on X I have not followed in detail the ins and outs of the Farrage/Lowe goings on but from what I have seen it appears to have all the hallmarks of a communist [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Nineteen
Love this (unread) comment by RICK: ‘The health benefit is that after a sweaty training session I feel CLEAN. If that’s a drain on the resources that are insufficient because of a growing population of [more…]
Fiction
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eighteen
Fucking hell. I have just watched George Galloway’s latest speech. I have always liked his oratory and this surpasses anything I have heard in years. I love the man. And I believe he speaks for [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Sixteen
Thank you fellow Puffins for many a chortle lately. There have been some splendiferous insults directed at various members of our ‘soi-disant ‘ elite, really cheers me up. All very inventive!! Whenever I think of [more…]
Literature
Sitting Where The Drums Were Found
A country child I roamed around from an early age, it was safe then, where these stone drums were found, I knew about them from my mother who had lived very close by and ancient [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Two
I do not look back in anger. Rather I look at what I have (and have not) accomplished. I have four children; the eldest is a successful software engineer though I have not seen him [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part One
‘ But at my back I always hear, Time’s winged Chariot hurrying near …’ Andrew Marvell ‘What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare……’ William Henry Davies [more…]
Conservatives
Which Leader?
Can you guess the leader each of these poems refers to…? Sir A. Tool I’m not a wealthy toolmaker I’m a wealthy toolmaker’s son. He made A Tool, not much cop That the UK he [more…]