Well back in the UK going through a draw in my filing cabinet called ‘Writing’. I have to do something about it – as in finish each of these projects. So here we are; 1. “Trans-Uranic Elements: The Dark Side of Uranus”. This one is typed up in draft and I am slowly editing toContinue reading “Writing Resolutions”
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Spanish Resolution
I spent a few hours today researching homes in Spain. Choice is between a modern place near to the hordes of Brits who have moved to Spain, or a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. I’ll go for the latter. Most need fixing/renovating but I have the skills for that. A place to work theContinue reading “Spanish Resolution”
Hippo jumps from moving truck in Taiwan, startling locals – most surreal story this year.
A hippo that panicked while being transported by truck in Taiwan jumped from the vehicle, breaking a leg and causing confused residents to report spotting a dinosaur on the loose. It jumped through a truck window and landed on a parked car before falling onto the road on Friday. The sound of the collision startledContinue reading “Hippo jumps from moving truck in Taiwan, startling locals – most surreal story this year.”
New Year – Resolution!
I set myself a task for this week. Speed march from home, down to River Orwell, back up through Orwell Country Park then home – almost 4 miles. Did it yesterday; shin splints within the first mile; completed in 55 minutes. I was in regulation Army Boots and carrying a day pack so quite pleasedContinue reading “New Year – Resolution!”
Happy – more reflections
Tasha came back. Little things. Teardrops in the rain – who noticed. Squinting in the Sun as your best friend walks toward you. All good. Like CSNY.
Dreams
This is where I will go to write full time. Spain. Will Ouroboros be there? As it was in the beginning…
First review – Joni was right
“You don’t know what you got till it’s gone…” Almost at the end of my first year in Kazakhstan. The snow is back; it’s -16 Celsius outside. The water in the mop bucket froze on the balcony – the enclosed balcony. It’s been a year of ups and downs. Big things – I got divorcedContinue reading “First review – Joni was right”
Poop Police with whistles – what a wonderful world!
Children armed with whistles will soon be patrolling villages in central India to try to shame those defecating in the open, a report said Sunday. Madhya Pradesh state government is expected soon to launch the unusual sanitation initiative, in which schoolchildren will blow their whistles loudly when they spot someone squatting in the open instead of usingContinue reading “Poop Police with whistles – what a wonderful world!”
Woman in hospital after python emerges from toilet and attacks her
Snakes in the Toilet
For Sunday, jethro, tasha and me.
Sunday morning, noticing how things go by. Birthdays. Measuring what we lost? Then the Blues reminded me. We lose things everyday – sometimes it’s worth it.
Fairy Hanny 