There’s no limit to dinosaur-related humour A roar-some day out. What do you call a blind stegosaurus? Do-you-think-he-saw-us. Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl in the bathroom? Because the p is silent. And so on… Skye is the best place to find Scottish dinosaurs Or maybe even the only place. Apparently, the hills are hoaching […]
Right ho, it’s the slackers’ guide again.
In the continued interests of avoiding actually writing anything of my own, I thought it was high time I bothered the internet with some of my thoughts on what other people wrote. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Lovely language and fantastical ideas. The mythical town of Macondo is a means of telling […]
Summer’s soggy tail end and other things – this week’s report
A bit transitional here. Two back at school, one packing for his next chapter and I’m hanging on to the sockless freedom of the season’s relative warmth with determination. I’m sure there’s a metaphor in here somewhere on reaping and sewing. I was given a plum tree for my 50 this year. And here it […]
Unique Ways To Celebrate Your Man Making It Through Another Year On The Planet
It’s that time of year again when your significant other is dropping the odd hint or two as to what item or experience he might like to celebrate another year successfully navigated through life. The great thing is he is pretty easy going, laid back and relatively simple to please. But this year, you want […]



