“You know, you look just like your dad,” she said. “Not your mum, your dad. It’s the shape of your face.” A harmless enough comment, you’d have thought. But then my dad died 13 years ago, and it’s been much longer than that since I regularly bumped into (non-family) people who knew him. And I […]
Getting Yourself Credit Worthy Before A Mortgage
The process of buying a property doesn’t necessarily start with you choosing your home. Often it takes months of preparation, or even years before you plan for a mortgage. Don’t forget to consult a mortgage company near you to choose what mortgage programs work the best for your finances. You will need to make sure […]
Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain by Violet Fenn: Review
What’s it about? It would be easy to say that this new book does what it says on the tin, however, there’s so much more going on here. It’s a generous study of the nature of people observed through a highly entertaining peep beneath the underskirts of an era. A well-turned ankle of a book! […]
House-Moving by Len Webster
Set in a line like soldiers firing, The books I love but never read wait For their departure, glaring down at Me from the shelves where dust will soon be Unveiled, leaving silent shadows for Destruction by the softest weapon. I don’t have time to write my own poem about the moving. I’m too busy […]
Get into your jeans and look great
Denim jeans, the famous blue material out of which jeans are made, is a stretchy fabric and comfortable by its very nature similar to the Citizens Of Humanity Jeans. This is where the store phenomenon comes from: when you try jeans on in the store, they might feel tight and too small, but because of […]
More questions than answers, history and things I noticed
There’s an ‘end of’ feeling about matters here at the Palace of Bundance. And not before time on many fronts… In the absence of a proper post, here’s more from the the latest batch of photos. Owners of large goldfish must swallow their disappointment. I stumbled on this small ad this week. It should have […]
Looking Lass
The other day I found myself trying to write a poem about why I’m not a poet. Yes, I know… Anyhow, here’s something else I did write. Looking lass Sometimes in a mirror, there’s a woman I don’t know Neither less nor more, just surprising Her hopeful eyes glitter – she’s been waiting Our […]
Things that make me smile right now
Back to Penrith recently and much delight to discover that our favourite fried food purveyor has gone mobile. Thank you, Shap Chippy. And – at long last – family gathered a bit. Simply wonderful to see everyone and, for a bit, forget about some of the more interesting bits of the past few months. Boy […]