Going Postal
The Parting Glass
This piece is shared with you all on behalf of our good friend Moscowflyer. She asks us to mark a year since this world said fare-thee-well to a very special lady, and a much-loved Puffin, [more…]
Puffins
Arts
The Marisco Tavern
One or two Puffins may well be of a vintage where the adage “you’ll never forget where you were when it was announced that JF Kennedy was shot” rings true. SWMBO and I are fortunate [more…]
Going Postal
Requiem for a Puffin
I never knowingly crossed comments with Roger Ackroyd and Old Trout was just before my time, or others that have died in between for that matter; but Roger’s death has got my creative juices flowing. [more…]
Arts
A View From The Greenhouse, A “Mini” Postcard, The Right To Choose
I never enter the greenhouse these days without at least a sense of trepidation. The worst’s over, that much is clear and those plants which haven’t been totally ruined, even if they aren’t looking as [more…]
Arts
Puffins March For Freedom
Saturday the 26th of June saw another well attended, not least by Puffins, anti-lockdown Freedom March in London. As usual, the run-up to the event was embargoed by mainstream media with no advanced publicity except [more…]
Authoritarianism
Puffins March For Freedom!
In a week in which thousands of senior EUFA officials, sponsors and hangers-on have been given the green light to attend Euro 2020 football matches at Wembley out-with quarantine, Britain still remains in partial lockdown [more…]
Authoritarianism
Puffins on the March
Yesterday central London saw an impressive turnout of Puffins (thirty plus) and many hundreds of thousands of others on a Freedom March protesting a variety of issues brought about by the coronavirus pandemic: vaccines, lockdowns, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Puffins March for Freedom
Today is the big day This time Unite For Freedom are aiming to make an impact that THEY can’t ignore. Today’s march is anticipated to be the most enormous event of its kind with hundreds [more…]
Arts
Return to Puffin Island
As there has already been a postcard from Lundy by Bassman, I am writing this as a complimentary continuation. A few years ago I spent a few days on the island with friends so had [more…]