Brighton is full of surprizes
I have known Brighton here in the UK all of my life and in many ways define myself or contrast myself with it and always have done. It is hugely familiar, cosily so at times, I’ve lived here, been to…
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What the Dickens! This is cheap at any price.
I find anniversary excuses in the arts often dull and unoriginal and, dare I say it, lazy as far as the arts world is concerned. I like the novels of Charles Dickens, for instance, because most of them have thrilled…
Feeling the burn again with my old weights at home.
I’m now in the second week of my new fitness routine which alternates weight training at home with my martial arts practice. I am surprized how well I remember all these moves and it rewarding the next day when I…
Raining on Lewes’ English drought
Just in case any of you were worrying that my home town of Lewes was about to turn into the Arizona Desert after all that talk about the great English drought, here is a more typically English look when yesterday…
Wolfiewolfgang is staying calm but has Internet connection problems.
I haven’t shouted or hit anything – yet – my Internet provider tells me that everything will be OK and that I will receive a visit this afternoon from an engineer and that I shouldn’t worry about anything. Well OK…
Britain’s Charitable Philanthropists – do-gooders or tax dodgers?
Prometheus by Luca Giordano There is a new political debate raging here in the UK and this time, far from being about sleeze, greed, callous self-regard, the usual expertise of the leaders of modern British society, this debate is all…
My Lewes garden is blushing pink this April
It is a moistly grey Spring day here in Lewes, UK. One of those days that feels like the moment you hold back tears but feel placidly tranquil too. The light couldn’t be more appropriate for my new tulips that…
Digging into the past with my very modern iMac computer.
I’ve been playing with some of the added extras on my wonderful iMac computer recently. OK, I know I’m addicted, obsessive and neurotic but, who cares, I’m enjoying myself. I have spent the odd five minute break from writing, well,…
God Bless Rick Santorum but please keep him out of American politics.
I’m sure that Rick Santorum is a nice man, a good father to his eight children and, she deserves it after eight pregnancies, a good husband to his very productive wife. I’m sure too that he is sincere in his…
Apple and Cherry Blossom Time in my Lewes Garden
We’re enjoying a brief break in the rain here today in Lewes, UK so I’ve taken the moment to photograph the apple and cherry blossom and also the flowering camellia. These fragile blooms delight all the more because of their…