The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Mark Twain
Learning the cryptic way
By the time you are fifteen there is nothing your father can teach you. The old has-been. Mark Twain had it right when he said: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly … Continue reading
What Pokemon taught me
Bear with me – the reason for this post will become clear. It’s sort of about a parenting lesson I learned that may have some resonance. The picture sort of tells you where it starts, if not where it is … Continue reading
Posted in children, Film, miscellany, Uncategorized
Tagged anime, Bahrain, game boy, influence, Mark Twain, parenting, pokemon, Princess Mononoke, Wolf girl
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Does my nuclear reactor look big in this…?
We, the Textiliste and I, visit Suffolk regularly. The walks, the nature, the great food, the space to relax… mostly, if I’m honest it’s because there aren’t many chores here, not until we clean up on leaving – no gardening, … Continue reading
Posted in buildings, miscellany, suffolk, walking
Tagged Bradshaw's Guides, Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, Great railway journeys, House in the Clouds, Kittiwake, Mark Twain, Michael Portillo, nuclear power, Sandlings Walk, Sizewell, Sizewell Nuclear Power Station, Suffolk, Suffolk Coastal Path, The Gherkin, The Glass Testicle, The Helter-Skelter, The Meare, The Shard, the Walkie-Talkie, Thorpeness, WS Gilbert
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