The end of summer. The last stragglers back from holidays. Yellowjackets everywhere. Tired sweetpeas starting to show their age. Tomatoes ripening faster ...
The author in his natural state… Here we are again. Me, I am semi-bachelor boy this week as the last two kids moved into their own places across town ...
I was pretty struck by an article in the Sunday Times this week. Written by Charlotte Ivers, it discusses the toxic effects on Gen Z caused by their use ...
I was pretty struck by an article in the Sunday Times this week. Written by Charlotte Ivers, it discusses the toxic effects on Gen Z caused by their use ...
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am heading to the UK in a few weeks, mainly for work, but with a little personal time chucked in as well. While I own ...
An old friend from work is joining me in the ranks of we, the gratefully unemployed and idle pensioners. To mark the event, I was invited on a small ...
Well, it’s gone quiet around here again. The Euro-branch of the clan has moved to the other end of the lake before taking the skies and heading home. But ...
How has the weather been suiting you? Is the so called heat wave a good or bad thing, putting aside, if one can, the fact that when we are all brown ...
You know how it goes. August means guests. So I have not been as idle as it relates to the beer reading and the beer writing. These are pastimes which ...
You know The Crown Inn: it’s the gorgeous Victorian pub beneath the wonder of the world that is the Stockport viaduct.It’s a much photographed scene because ...
If you've been following along recently, you'll know that several weeks ago I spent 9 days in the United Kingdom, split pretty evenly between getting home ...
Well, it’s done. I enjoyed it all. And I am glad it is done. In fact, on reflection, I like how the World Cup becomes a process of a sparcer and sparcer ...