My apologies, I have been neglectful of this blog which is a bit rude: especially after all that “Oh wow. I have been doing this for six years” stuff in which I indulged last time we met. I have been
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“Plink, Plink” Said The Plump Usher
A Trombone Stuffed With Rolos
This blog has been alive for six years this month: both here and, previously, here. Hooray! Six years worth of drivel has trickled from my fingers to clutter up the outer reaches of the hypernet. Nobody noticed for quite a
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Daffodils On The Quarterdeck
My life for the past week has mostly been spent in waiting rooms. Train waiting rooms used (many years ago before most of you were born) to be very comfortable with roaring coal fires and little shops that sold tea
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“A Palomino Vole?” Exclaimed The Excitable Naturalist
I know this is a very dull thing to say but I am jolly well going to say it anyway… My goodness, how time flies past. Another year, another Garden Media Guild shindig under our belts. This year, as you
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The Jury Consisted Of Jimble Jellyfish
I am returned from London after a long and dull day. Forgive me while I do a bit of travel grumbling. It won’t take a minute, I promise. Right. I am beetling my way towards the station to catch the
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“On The Good Ship Palaeontologist” Never Worked For Shirley
I have been in Cornwall for a week. A week of doing very little in the company of all my children and I have to say that it was in every way delightful. We had multiple simultaneous Scrabble tournaments going
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One Good Crustacean Deserves Another
Since we last spoke I have mostly been talking. I know that to some of you this will come as no great surprise: “Huh” you might say “That is no great surprise, the man seldom shuts up with his drivelling
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Brashly He Demanded Brunch In Bristol Without Brouhaha
Those of you who know me well will realise that I am quite a good natured fellow most of the time. Content to let life bob along happily while waving at passers by and admiring the view. I am not
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The Juggernaut Was Pelted With Cowrie Shells
I have been to Devon which is usually a pleasure but this visit was particularly delightful. At least it became delightful once I got there after much panicky rushing about missing the train due to a bit of a snarl
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His Braces Were Tailored From Organic Lasagne
Today I attended my first RHS Council Meeting. In diligent preparation, I read whole wedges of paper about importantly important things. Some of them are stamped Confidential in large red letters. Being in the Cabinet must be a little like
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