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Continue reading →: Poetry – Paul Muldoon
A trawl through social media and my library account took me to the poetry of Paul Muldoon today. Before I nip round and take out a couple of his books, I came across this poem by George Russell, known as AE, that is worth sharing: Exiles The gods have taken…
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Continue reading →: Biscuits by Mary Berry
Baking biscuits this morning proved harder than it should have been if I had used the precise ingredients specified by Mary Berry. Caster sugar might have been easier to work with. Instead, my lump of sugar and flour and nuts held together with a beaten egg was rolled in foil, put…
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Continue reading →: Verdant Abundance
The climate in Belfast is temperate, mostly warmish and often wetish. Plants thrive with little assistance required. Our garden is a pleasure palace for bees and birds and a hunting ground for cats. The other day I discovered the exposed remains of some small bird on the path down to…
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Continue reading →: Napoleon Vanquished
Cartoons of Napoleon Bonaparte in Britain helped to sustain morale during the long war years. 1812 marked the turning point in Napoleon’s military campaigns with huge loss of life and a large depletion of the French armies. This paved the way for allied victories. The Journey of a Modern Hero…
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Continue reading →: Early morning baking
Checked the time on the alarm clock and decided I might as well get up. It was only when I got to the kitchen that I realised it was 5:15 not 6:15. Baking is one of those activities that soaks up some time and is a pleasant distraction. Hairy Bikers…
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Continue reading →: More Cat Trouble
The heatwave in Belfast allowed me to catch up with a mountain of laundry. When making the bed up in the attic, I opened the window and guess who was ready to step in? My feline Nemesis, let’s call him Torts. He got short shrift and exited rapidly. It’s my…
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Continue reading →: Mysterious Clunking Noise
Last week there was a strange clunking noise coming from the rear axle on my new second-hand bike. I sprayed WD40 all over the axle and booked a slot with Austin’s bicycle workshop to have it checked out. Needless to say, when riding the bike in to work this morning…
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Continue reading →: Cat trouble
The miscreant was looking shifty when I got home at about 9 pm. He was trying to hide the bowl of milk he was offering a neighbour’s cat. I love furry animals, but not the ones that demand attention before they go off to mark their territory in our back…
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Continue reading →: 1955 – a very good year
The 1950s in England would have been a bit austere. Rationing was still in place, and ‘make do and mend’ was still the fashion mantra. The war was over and we had won a costly victory over Germany and its allies. Rebuilding would take decades, both in England and across…
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