Author: frederick anderson
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Season of Vlad and Mellow Nukefulness…
Well, it’s been a long year. Deep in October summer still clings on, frightened, possibly, of a season still to come; but the days are shorter now, and The Ukraine remains defiant of Russia’s threats of nuclear winter. Cold winds are beginning to puff their cheeks, while not for the first time this little island…
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Memoriam
This week, in the home that had been hers for twelve-and-a half eventful years, Honey, our much-loved Labrador, passed peacefully away. She had been ailing for some time with various afflictions which attacked her mobility and were causing her pain. It was time. She gave us all of her life. Until her last few weeks…
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“Have you Come Far?
So I get talking to this American guy in the Grainger Market one day, and he says: “What’s it like being a loyal subject instead of a citizen?” “It’s a fair question. He’s a citizen. I’m not. I’m a loyal subject. I’ve got a queen. He’s got a president. His Commander in Chief will change…