Back to school
Times may change but as August turns into September, I always feel that it is the beginning of the academic year even though I have not been involved in education for a long time. I always think of September as…
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The evil outcome of dogs
I notice into today’s newspapers that the Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has issued an edict which will send dog lovers into a panic – especially if they live in Iran. The Ayatollah has condemned Iranian dog-owners as misguided people…
And now for a short intermission…….
I have taken the leap into the unknown after many years of using various Microsoft pcs, I have finally gone over to Apple and, yesterday, as the clouds emptied torrential rain onto me, I went off to my local Apple…
The end of the affair
I am spending too much time with this man and, nice though he is, I think it is time for me to start forming a new relationship. My friend Milad has been trying to salvage my dying PC computer for…
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…
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…
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…