Lovely few moments listening to Jim Dwyer talk about his childhood and subsequent career in journalism, all in Manhattan. His mention of Charles Snyder and ...  [read more]

Blood, snow, oil and greed

February 23, 2010
Gave a first donation of platelets yesterday in Stoke-on-Trent. Oil level warning light in the car on the way with the accompanying message "Switch off ...  [read more]
Through Wells (Love and Mr Lewisham) and Housman ( A Shropshire Lad) in a sort of fin de siecle way on Wednesday this week and ...  [read more]

Americana

January 31, 2010
Finding out about podcasts, how to use them, what equipment (I would say "kit" but somehow that makes me smile and squirm a bit) do ...  [read more]
As our group all brought their reading of Bram Stoker's Dracula to the Century's End literature session today, wife Barbara was at the local hospital ...  [read more]