Today is my ex-dog’s birthday. He was born in 2005, and since then he has grown from a tiny ball of fuzz into a strapping young lad, as you will see below. Since getting him, Mairi and I have split up, and he has gone with his ‘mummy’ but I still see a lot of… Continue reading Happy 3rd Birthday Shuggie
Month: February 2008
Head In A Burrow, August 2007 – The First Day
These are – surprise surprise – notes from my notebook which I haven written up yet. Get used to it (actually, I’m nearly done with this kind of thing). The order in which things were done may not be correct – I have had to piece together my memories of that time with the help… Continue reading Head In A Burrow, August 2007 – The First Day
Biscuit Tin Full Of Photos
As described earlier, I’ve been going through old paper photos and scanning them, and posting the results on Flickr. The photos have been hanging around for years, and I kept them in an old biscuit tin that’s practically a family heirloom. It has drawn a couple of comments, so I scanned the tin, and here… Continue reading Biscuit Tin Full Of Photos
Taste Can Be Bought
Someone gave me this cutting from a TV listings magazine. It is an advert for the most fabulous object in the world. The goal of everybody’s hopes and dreams. From the lovingly crafted brass westies that wouldn’t go round in a little circle, but would in fact swing back and forth, in such a way… Continue reading Taste Can Be Bought
LA Story – October 2007 – Sunset / Silver Lake
More reminiscences of LA from last October One day (17/Oct if you must know) I decided to take a stroll around the locale and see what kind of place Silver Lake is. I walked down Descanso, then along to Millies cafe, a friendly and quite famous diner with nice food, and outside tables perfect for… Continue reading LA Story – October 2007 – Sunset / Silver Lake
Rodent Occurences
I caught a mouse last night. It wasn’t wearing clogs, as is reasonable for a mouse not living in Holland. Neither was it a poor country mouse that had swapped places with the posh town mouse. Of course, it would be the poor town mouse and the posh country mouse these days. Possibly. Depends which… Continue reading Rodent Occurences
“Sorry, what can I do? Politics!”
A most interesting and fun evening was spent attempting to keep up with my old friend MV, both in walking speed and intellectually. We met at Liverpool Street for a drink and chat, and the first thing she did was to hand me a leaflet from a bunch of “Truthers”* called We Are Change. This group… Continue reading “Sorry, what can I do? Politics!”