Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Forty
Waiting for MOT (passed) I was browsing my volume of the Dylan Thomas Notebook Poems 1930-1934. I came across this piece which I had never seen before. I admit it shook me; in 1934 he [more…]
Musings
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Nine
My poor old mind biggles at the knee deep stupidity which engulfs us : ‘I named my daughter Crumpets and now she’s being relentlessly bullied.’ Doh. Perhaps she should have called her Pikelets? Thank you [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…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Seven
A lot of disquiet expressed currently regarding the actions of the police, two-tier policing etc. etc. Policing by Consent – this from 2000 ‘When saying ‘policing by consent’, the Home Secretary was referring to a [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Six
Good to see South Wales Police concentrating their efforts (and our money) on the really, really, important aspects of blatant criminality. We have residential parking; fourteen places with allocated bays but on any day at [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Five
As I sit musing about life, love and tingz I wonder where all the years have gone – my youngest grandaughter was 16 this week – how did that happen? Not to mention great grandchildren. [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Four
I don’t contribute to the unread comments so these scribblings are sometimes a week or so behind events and thoughts shared on the blog. Phaasch, I feel your pain but also the joy. July 4th [more…]
Diary
A (Burts’ Eye)View From The Greenhouse; What’s Anglo-futurism, When It’s All At Home?
It’s an easy mistake to make, Burt and I (although, TBF, Burt’s a few inches taller than I am) are easily confused when viewed from the rear, bending down (as it were). Any road up, [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Three
Interesting reading Never up to the job’s article on digitising family ‘photos, recordings and other memories. A great deal of aechive material to work with. I am at the opposite end of the spectrum as [more…]