Further On

*To which, for the uninformed, the proper response is: "Oi! Oi! Oi!" And then the ceremonial tipping back of the beer. And today ...

My FAVOURITE book as a child was entitled "The Blueberry Pie Elf." It was written in the mid 1950s by Jane Thayer, illustrated by...

The other day, because I have a conscience that won't let me do otherwise, I stopped to help someone with automobile troubles. I didn...

I'm finally back to something that feels like home should. I've spent the past 2 days rebuilding the barbed-wire fence that is the ...

Well, as I said last time: when the rest of the world declares a holiday or other general hullabaloo, we make for the woods... I went with a...

The day after Thanksgiving, the American Holiday, is known as Black Friday. It is the biggest shopping day of the year, and those brave or ...

As near as I can tell, there was no country in the western world not somewhat affected by the American stock market crash of Black Thursday,...

For those who'd forgotten my quirky sense of humor.

Well, here it is, my annual, much awaited Christmas card. Much more belated than usual, at that... I hope you're not all too underwhel...

As my time in Europe was winding down, most everyone would ask what I missed most about the States, and was looking forward to returning to....

*Pictures forthcoming...dang stinking dial-up connection at home isn't doing so well... it's a might sick. I'd post some pictur...

Howdy howdy from old Northwest Arkansas. I've thought endlessly over the last 3 days of what all brilliant thoughts I was going to plop...

For those of you infamiliar with the second-to-last house in Greenock, it is the home of my friend Lori from the U of Ark days, and her hus...

I checked into a Temple Bar hostel in Dublin only to discover that the toilet floor was bubblin,' the kitchen hall was crap, all the pla...

Well, howdy from Bath, southwest England. I and my friend Harp have come down from Nottingham to visit our friend Angela for the weekend, a...

°For a viewer and reader friendly version, skip to the last 4 lines. I know I can be too wordy for some people at times...° I mention in th...

Well, Friday night saw the annual house party at 236 Queens Road, Beeston, home of my friend James King (JK, Jake) and his housemate Fergus ...

Well, I got up this morning to discover that I cannot put off that haircut any longer... But then again, at least I don't look like thes...

I left Nice this morning at roughly 10 am, where the temperature was a balmy 20 degrees Celsius, or about 70 Fahrenheit, sunny, and promisin...

Howdy howdy again from Côte d'Azur, the southern French region that borders the Meditteranean near Italy. The weather here the last 10 ...