A stalwart defender

This short story was inspired by something I see every day, most times that I leave the house in daylight. I should introduce myself. I am reasonably tall, dark and (according to my wife!) handsome. My wife and I have been together for a couple of years now, and we live in a small place in [...]

Fairtrade Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Chocolate!

The world truly is a bright and sunny place to be! Hurrah and Huzzah for the people at Cadburys who have ensured that AT LAST I can eat my favouritest chocolate in the whole world without feeling guilty about the little children who have been paid farthings in order to make production of this sweet [...]

Stringfever

For your viewing pleasure, and musical entertainment and edification, I present Stringfever playing Ravel’s ‘Bolero’, on a cello…four guys, one cello! I first met these guys when Neal (the one actually holding the cello!) was only about 4. It wasn’t long before my parents and I found out just how tremendously talented a family this [...]

Spring Giveaway – the winner!

To say that I was amazed by the reception given to my first giveaway would be an understatement. If I had expected anywhere near as many entrants, I would have thought up more prizes and shared the love between you all! However, there will be another giveaway in June, to mark my thirtieth birthday, so [...]

My very first giveaway!

As promised, albeit a little later than intended, may I present my very first giveaway! I’ve been dying to do a giveaway for a few months now, but decided to wait until a landmark, and give away some things to celebrate. So, here is what is up for grabs; I tried to find things with [...]

Which city do I belong in?

You Belong in Rome You’re a big city soul with a small town heart Which is why you’re attracted to the romance of Rome Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand And gorgeous Italian people – could life get any better? What City Do You Belong In? Fair enough – I’m not going to [...]

Desert Island MP3s!

This is a meme I dreamed up in the car on the way back from the farm, whilst listening to Classic FM, because I was thinking about my favourite music and wondering what my friends would name as their favourite tunes. That made me think back to Sunday mornings as a child, when Desert Island [...]

Mystery project

So, I’ve got a mystery picture for you. Do you know what it is? Can you guess what it will become? (Sorry, you can tell that there’s not a lot going on here tonight!!)

A Christmas Carol for our time

Courtesy of Cheeky, my four year old son; Thank you, Enemy Father, Lemon, Vitamin C ….. !!!!! He has been singing this, much to our amusement and to the accompaniment of the laughter of our whole family, for the last week and a half! We have no idea whether it is supposed to be a [...]

My Mum will be so proud!

I have always been fairly useless at geography, but my mum will be relieved to read this; You Passed 8th Grade Geography Congratulations, you got 7/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Geography? Yay me! I’ve no idea how old someone in eighth grade would be (11? 12?) but I’m happy with that! Also, I [...]