My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere.
These are my thoughts and no one else is to blame. If you want to nab anything I post, please acknowledge where it came from.
TanGental 
Excellent post. Thanks, Geoff.
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Such an interesting post! I certainly learned something new today.
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He’s a mine of information.
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This is fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
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Happy New Year, Geoff! What an enlightening post. Marietta, Pennsylvania, near where I live, has the honor of being the first mass produced vaccine for smallpox. https://lifewithldub.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-what-ever-happened-to-vaccine-story.html
Also, does the whole family write or what?!
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Just us boys, though i do try and sell the idea to the kids, without success so far!!
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😂😂😂
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That was intriguing. My smallpox scar looks as though it came from being repeatedly poked with something. Perhaps it was.
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They are ugly beasts, like a small continent tattooed on the arm. Not that we cared much. Today imagine the moaning at unsightly scarring
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And we all had chicken pox scars despite the constant “don’t scratch that it will leave a scar.”
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