A Pub for Lunch and Literary Musings. 26 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am

After my important business in London was concluded, I set out to wander, with no particular goal in mind, though mostly avoiding major thoroughfares. I found my self in Fleet street, and by coinciden...

Plaques on Walls 23 Aug 2013 | 11:38 pm

Everywhere you go in London, there are plaques on walls, reminding you of the many people of historical significance who have lived and worked in this city. Here are just a few that I noticed. As a re...

I Was... Oh, Well Yes, I Was Meaning to Post a Follow-Up, 23 Aug 2013 | 03:03 am

To my adventures in Londinium. I live a couple of hundred miles north of London, and visit it hardly ever. Jump on a train, it's two and a half hours away, but somehow it rarely occurs to me to take ...

Dark Side, Aardman trailer for BBC Radio 2. 20 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm

Soubriquet is in London 16 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am

...For a very important reason. Need to be up  early and out of the hotel, got an appointment at 9 for my U.S. K1 Fiancé Visa Medical Examination! More info coming soon. Keep your fingers crossed. I ...

Another Little Texas Town 12 Aug 2013 | 02:52 am

This time it's the sleepy little town of Chappell Hill. It's an old town, in Texas terms. The Red Dirt Girl and I were cruising homeward, from Brenham (previously), toward Houston, on U.S. Highway 290...

Hats, a Commodity Vital to Texas 10 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am

Because I'm planning to go out for a beer with my pal, Ken, I'm a bit stuck for time, I'm working on a few long posts, full of pictures, but I thought I'd hurl these pictures into the aether for you f...

'Sugarfoot', and Bandera, Texas. 3 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

Back in the day.... When I was a little kid, we didn't want to be spiderman, or ironman or... No, our heroes were cowboys. I was born in 1953, and my early years happened to be in something of a heyd...

More City Centre Walking 29 Jul 2013 | 12:16 am

Leeds, Yorkshire, England. I'm in the Trinity Centre again, on the top deck. There's a bar called The Alchemist. I'm drawn in by these sofas, I really need to sit down, and I really want one... Just l...

A Man About Town 28 Jul 2013 | 05:44 pm

Yesterday,I had to go into the city centre. It is about two, maybe 2.5 miles from my home, yet I rarely go there. Strange, is in not? I buy my groceries in suburbia, other stuff I buy at out of town s...