Meeting the champion of Hull's year as the city of culture
Published: Wed, 10/18/17
Hi I moved back with Venetia to the East Riding in the middle of Hull’s year as the UK’s city of culture. Beverley is also holding its own literary…
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Ready at last
Published: Mon, 10/16/17
Hi We got there in the end. The big room is now clear in our house and is ready to be used as a training space. There should be room for me to work…
Being Sleipnir's legs
Published: Wed, 10/11/17
Hi There are some strange characters in the Norse mythology. Odin may well be the front runner for a general wyrdness, there is the one eye bit, the…
The missing link
Published: Sat, 10/07/17
Hi A couple of my readers have pointed out that I missed the link off that I promised yesterday. Here it is anyway https://www.dropbo .com/s/w5pif rnp…
Much too close to the pigsty
Published: Fri, 10/06/17
Hi I really ought to know better than to involve myself in discussions on Facebook groups, especially HEMA groups. Yes, I know I should take my own…
Never wrestle with a pig
Published: Thu, 10/05/17
Hi A good bit of advice is. ‘Never wrestle a pig, the pig enjoys it and you will both get covered in mud (or worse)’. What prompts me to share this…
Witch burning, yes or no?
Published: Wed, 10/04/17
Hi I am still sorting out our books after the move, but somewhere I have a couple of books by Bruce Teigner. Mr Teigner was an American writer who…
FAQs and RDIs (Repeated Displays of Ignorance)
Published: Mon, 10/02/17
Hi I confess to having a bit of a love hate relationship with Facebook. Actually, that is putting it a strongly. I find FB quite useful sometimes, but…
Three tents and a camper van
Published: Thu, 09/28/17
Hi It has been a while since my last post. Sorry about that, we are still settling in here and I find I can’t be very creative when my routine is…
Life can be shorter than you expect
Published: Tue, 09/12/17
Hi in 2012 a bizarre and tragic accident occurred in South Somerset. A local lady and her man friend were on a date at a restaurant in Bridport or…