The teetotaller and the whisky salesman
Published: Tue, 10/11/16
Hi Looking back my father and my maternal grandfather were both quite amiable and sociable people. They were also both men of quite strong convictions…
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The tax man gives me a nice surprise, yes really!
Published: Mon, 10/10/16
Hi It is that time of year when, along with the leaves turning brown and the days getting shorter, business ta returns are due. My company ta affairs…
New article on what it means to be a warrior
Published: Fri, 09/30/16
Hi We had a very good weekend with Ivar last week. There will be a report and pictures soon.In the meantime I have written up the talk on 'What it…
All the time in the world
Published: Fri, 09/23/16
Hi After today there are just 99 days until the end of the calender year, or even 90 days until the Winter Solstice, depending upon how you see the…
How not to be stuck in your own web
Published: Thu, 09/08/16
Hi It is one of those completely still and misty autumn mornings. All the spiders webs which are usually pretty much invisible suddenly look like mini…
Nest stop Mercia
Published: Fri, 09/02/16
Hi I am off to the Mercian Gathering today for the weekend. Two years ago it had got to the point of having a thousand people attending and the…
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...
Published: Thu, 09/01/16
Hi Some comedian on Radio 4 was making a series of comments on modern life, one line was something like. ‘If you never break out of your comfort zone…
A silly game
Published: Wed, 08/31/16
Hi When Ivar first started teaching Stav back in the early 1990s (seems like a long time ago) I remember him saying. “There are nine traditional…
Rested and inspired
Published: Tue, 08/30/16
Hi I got a response from one of my students yesterday saying thanks for the message (the one about plumbing) and that he had been missing my missives.
Let there be... hot water
Published: Mon, 08/29/16
Hi Last Friday I restored hot water to a house with only cold water. The owners had only just moved in on the Monday and Venetia and I are…