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Continue reading →: Back to Normality
Life has returned to what passes for normal in our house. The leak in the flat roof is still dripping, but only a bit, my wife is in work setting up her classroom for the start of term, the youngster is going in with her to lend a hand and…
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Continue reading →: Deluge and dodgy roofer
Our semi-detached house was built by Wimpy in the 70s and has sections of the roof over the bedrooms on the 1st floor that are flat. Flat roofs might be alright for turfing and roof gardens, but are pretty useless at shifting rainwater. Wimpy may not have realised how much rain falls…
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Continue reading →: Jeremy Hardy and Data Protection
Catchy title for today’s blog eh? I heard Jeremy Hardy on Radio 4 this morning talk about the current Labour Party leadership election. For £3 interested members of the public could get a chance to vote for their candidate (even if they are not members of the Labour Party). This…
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Continue reading →: Gobbled: A Horror Comic, Process
Gobbled: A Horror Comic, Process. – how to put together a comic –
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Continue reading →: Holiday horror
The miscreant accompanied us on our family holiday to France and Spain this year. All went well until he tried to make a break for freedom out of a 1st floor kitchen window. Santander (Northern Spain) was throbbing with Friday night adrenaline at 1 am and our fellow was in…
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Continue reading →: Santander
This is an amazing city that we have only just started to explore. Our 3-bedroomed apartment has a panoramic view of the bay and the range of mountains over the other side. Our street has travelators, escalators and a funicular cabin that takes passengers on the final 20 metres of…
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Continue reading →: Glorious Twelfth
July 12th is the day when all good protestants in Northern Ireland remember with pride King William’s victory at the battle of the Boyne. Bonfires are lit, parades close off streets and drunken revelry is the norm. It recently got rebranded as ‘Orangefest’ just to confuse citrus loving tourists, but the…
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Continue reading →: James Simmons – Art and Reality
This is one of my favourite poems by James Simmons. The author, David Park, quoted the last line to me at a reading of his book The Poets’ Wives. Shameless name dropping, I know, but I was thrilled to have been able to share the admiration for this poem with another Northern Irish…
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Continue reading →: Garden of lushness
Our youngest has been busy again in the garden. He has built a serpentine path with grass underneath the leafy arch. He also made his own plant feed with nettle juice that stank like seawage, but did the trick – the grass is now thick and verdant. Raised beds, vegetable…
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Continue reading →: Weekend Music: Good Mornin’ America!
Originally posted on Sourcerer: Seems appropriate for a July 4 weekend. Happy Friday!
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