"Five feet five...
…and a half," said the nit nurse. Do you remember her? At the start of autumn term, she came to weigh & measure, check for nits and to destroy dreams and ambitions.
With those 6 words, my world lay in tatters around me, my hope of being a perfect 5’4" gone forever. Even worse, I kept growing, adding 2 more inches before I finally stopped growing (upwards at least! LOL) I …
Ancrene Wisse: a medieval guide for Anchoresses
Just a snippet of “advice” regarding the proper behaviour of an Anchoresse in Medieval Britain, written by an Augustine Canon…
“…Hence his warnings about the anchoress seeing or hearing or speaking to visitors, especially male. On this he is emphatic:
Touching of hands or any contact between a man and an anchoress is a thing so unseemly and a deed so shameful and so …Is it just me...
…or is television really becoming horrible?
The news is harrowing, wildlife programs show the wonders of the world, and then say that there will be mass extinctions next Friday because of man’s greed and abuse of the planet.
Then there are the films & series. I don’t watch anymore. The violence is horrifying, the language dreadful. English used to be rich and vibrant; subtle a…
Dreams can come true
“Please join me on Wednesday and bring Jenny if you can,” Mary said, “I’d really love for my oldest (in years known!) & dearest friends to be with me. Will you take some photos too” she asked?
Nothing could stop us, so off we went to Scarborough to celebrate the occasion.
Mary is a very devout and deeply religious woman and for over 40 years has had a dream, the d…
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW ELEMENT
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW ELEMENT
Oxford University researchers have discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of l…
Telephone evil
Mother got a phone call.
Are you Mrs J?
Yes I am.
Is your post code S********?
yes it is.
Do you have an account with any of these banks ?
Yes.
Can you confirm the account number?
- And the sort code?
Mother phones my brother about something else & mentions this. Brother says leave phone on table, don…
Fat balls for birds
Many of you will be feeding birds this winter, providing essential nourishment. May I ask those who put out fat balls to remove the nasty fine plastic mesh and either break up the fat balls & put them on the bird table or use a feeder? Only one bird has ever got its feet tangled in the mesh in MY garden, one was too many. I rescued it & got a nice nip for my pains. Now I only use feeders,…
What is a "Photographic Artist?"
Some time ago I attended an exhibition to try to understand why one exhibitor called himself a “Photographic Artist.”
What, I wondered, was the difference between him, Patrick Lichfield who was a photographer, and myself, a family album snapper?
His photographs were printed on expensive paper.
The frames were attractive.
His photographs were of leafless, isolated trees or nudes drapped …