Hi ho. Hi ho. It’s off to work we go. We work all day … Well that’s not an…
Bits and Pieces
Factory farms
Knowing all too well the indirect horrors and brutality attributed to factory farming and its…
Editors
If you have ever wondered why we need editors, a forwarded email from a reader tells me why.…
Great answers
With the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month fast approaching, having had two older…
My roadkill hat
Not too many of my readers will know the history of my ever-present signature visor. The story is…
Fencing
Fencing has always been a real problem up here in stony country, but in my eyes that all changed…
Painting
I have probably forgotten more than the average person will ever have the chance to know about…
Shivery cold
By the time this article crosses your doorstep, the proverbial groundhog is getting set to see, or…
White-crowned
Each morning as I wander out to check and feed my birds, I am usually greeted by someone or other…
Lazyitis
It has not yet hit the medical journals, but I personally have been ravished by several seizures of…
January 2014
I’m at the age that has allowed me to see quite a number of Januaries flick by, yet on…
Read history
Do parliamentarians not read history? Are they not willing to learn from others’ mistakes?…
Bragging time again
It’s bragging time again. I can’t believe it, but it will take an extra five fingers…
Winter wonderland
When I looked out of my window two days before sitting down to write this column, the sun was…
Frosty Freeze
I now believe what the weather forecasters have been nattering about when reporting the weather,…