After that sacrifice, sunshine.
Well, I sacrificed the bullock and did some pagan rituals with my neighbours, so I am hoping that Sun God Apollo will do his part of the bargain here in southern England. I did some research into naked orgies and…
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Greetings from computer Hell
Hello there, if you can hear me…I am in computer Hell and this is an infernal letter in a bottle saying Help! I hope things will be sorted soon but until that, just think of those days when all you…
I’ve got my eyes on that bullock
Look, I know he looks cute, and it isn’t really his fault, but this bullock might have to pay the price. I have been back in England now for a week after a lot of Italian sunshine and look what…
Let’s Keep Our Birds of Prey, Jeffrey Lendrum
So there he is, his beady eye alert to any possibility, looking for prey, without sympathy for his victims, ignorant of all other life around him, a hunter, ruthless, heartless and totally irresponsible. No, I don’t mean this magnificent Peregrine…
A Florentine Adventure
It is now nearly a week since I returned from my Swiss/Italian holiday which took me to Zurich, Venice and, ultimately, the truly supreme Italian Renaissance city of Florence. It is a difficult place to shake off and my brain…
Life in Venice
When I woke up the other weekend, I had forgotten that I was in Venice but the view from my hotel room soon reminded me. On my trip round Switzerland and Italy, I had come to Venice for the weekend…
Out to lunch and up a mountain in Switzerland.
This was the view from my bedroom window when I awoke at around 5.00 one morning whilst staying in the luxurious appartment of my obsessively hospitable relations Franz and Mathilde in a small town near Zurich in Switzerland. The Zurichsee,…
I am back from a great holiday
I I am back from a wonderful time in the Swiss Alps and then two great Italian cities where it was possible to see just how magnificent and rich in cultural and natural glories Europe is…..I will organize my photos…
Gone fishing – for art and fun – in Switzerland and Italy.
I am off on my holidays again, this time to Switzerland and Italy, and won’t be back until the 14th. August but I thought I would write something to entertain you, I hope, whilst I am away. When I was…
My visit to Florence to meet Donatello’s David
I shall be going to Florence in less than a week and I am truly excited about it. I stayed in the peerless Italian city of Florence in January 2008 – it was my first visit even though I had…