Month: July 2023

AAAAAAAAUGH.  Several people I recognise from the old blog are kindly posting FB links via the contact-me form.**  THERE’S JUST ONE SMALL PROBLEM.  I CAN’T GET ON FACEBOOK.  I suppose I could start a new whatsit with a new name and I can say I live in Outer Mongolia in a yurt and raise ponies,…

The problem with having back trouble when you’re this old is that it turns you into a little old lady.  Arrrgh.  When you’re 30 or 40 and you have back trouble and you’re hobbling around*, you’re a person with back trouble.  When you’re past 70 and hobbling around** suddenly you’re a little old lady.  I’M…

I’ve done my back in.  Somehow.  I think it’s done me in, I don’t think I had anything to do with it.  I can just about wiggle my fingers on a keyboard without screaming.  I expect to hear a giant exhalation of grim sympathy echoing across the networld at this admission.  How many people haven’t…

[OKAY SO IT’S THE FIFTH OF JULY BY THE TIME I GOT THIS POSTED. IT’S STILL THE FOURTH OF JULY TO ME. I STAY UP LATE.] Which means it’s the anniversary of the death of William Byrd.  This year is the 400th anniversary, definitely worth celebrating with a fancy meal, outdoors if you prefer, and…