View from the Potting Shed

It all began when I broke my chair a couple of weeks ago. I wasn’t doing anything unusual with my chair. I was sitting in it.
I believe in single-purpose furniture. The beauty and simplicity of design: a chair, a desk, a table, a bedside table, a bedside chair, a chair, a bed, […]

I sometimes wonder about myself. I’ve just been clearing out a folder on my PC, the one where I dump stuff to be entered into my journal (it’s password protected, so don’t even try to read it!). It appears that in December of last year I had a spell of writing emails to […]

Last week Jane and I were in Portbury, just south of Bristol, for the baptism of our (now) godson, Felix Jonathan Coore, third child of friends Jonny and Emma. During the meal in the church building following the baptism I was sitting near the vicar who had performed the baptism. She was talking […]

I’ve not been vigilant enough in my blog comment spam-watch duties. There were hundreds that somehow got through my Spam Karma settings … bah! In the process of deleting them some real comments were accidentally deleted. Spam collateral damage. Sorry folks if your comments bit the dust: Jane, Steve, James.

If only Symantec also shipped Norton AntiVirus for Humans! I could certainly do with it just now. I’ve been battling some kind of viral bug since Monday 9 May, and while I’ve been improving I’m still feeling under the weather.
I’ve been frustrated with my GP practice since we joined, which makes me a […]

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Jane,
Happy Birthday to you!

Sung, of course!

Why is the BBC Radio One Rock Show on so late? 01:00 - 03:00. It’s discrimination, I tell you!
… I’ve only just remembered about the BBC Radio Listen Again feature. D’oh!
I’m off to bed now.