A wonderfully dismal summation of the academic life from Betjeman. Is it time for another mince pie yet?
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A wonderfully dismal summation of the academic life from Betjeman. Is it time for another mince pie yet?
Good morning World
Pelargonium 'Bold Ann' for you. Today, I suspect, we may need to be bold.
Pelargonium 'Bold Ann' for you. Today, I suspect, we may need to be bold.
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Good morning World
Pelargonium 'Bold Ann' for you. Today, I suspect, we may need to be bold.
Pelargonium 'Bold Ann' for you. Today, I suspect, we may need to be bold.
My daughter, home for the weekend, brings me volumes of bleak poetry. So much joy for three and six. And look at the cover - that's a cause for joy in itself.
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My daughter, home for the weekend, brings me volumes of bleak poetry. So much joy for three and six. And look at the cover - that's a cause for joy in itself.
Good morning World
I think this sums it up
I think this sums it up
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good morning World
I think this sums it up
I think this sums it up
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good morning World.
Today I am celebrating the fact that 22 years ago on November 7th I had a baby. And amongst many other achievements she makes the best knitted mice.
Today I am celebrating the fact that 22 years ago on November 7th I had a baby. And amongst many other achievements she makes the best knitted mice.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Good morning World.
Today I am celebrating the fact that 22 years ago on November 7th I had a baby. And amongst many other achievements she makes the best knitted mice.
Today I am celebrating the fact that 22 years ago on November 7th I had a baby. And amongst many other achievements she makes the best knitted mice.
I have a cocker spaniel called Sasha. Who is feeling decidedly sidelined at the moment.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I have a cocker spaniel called Sasha. Who is feeling decidedly sidelined at the moment.
Inspired by Adrian Henri's poem 'I want to paint' the words and image here are my own.
Offered for #ImageAndVerse
(And safe in the knowledge that @hullsaddler.bsky.social will give me a gentle smile and nod of the head).
Offered for #ImageAndVerse
(And safe in the knowledge that @hullsaddler.bsky.social will give me a gentle smile and nod of the head).
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Inspired by Adrian Henri's poem 'I want to paint' the words and image here are my own.
Offered for #ImageAndVerse
(And safe in the knowledge that @hullsaddler.bsky.social will give me a gentle smile and nod of the head).
Offered for #ImageAndVerse
(And safe in the knowledge that @hullsaddler.bsky.social will give me a gentle smile and nod of the head).
Good morning
And happy November
And happy November
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Good morning
And happy November
And happy November
Morning.
Eating jam toast in bed while thinking hard about the essay I'm writing. Obviously.
What was it again . . . ? The importance of jam in the spreading of radical ideas in the 1790s?
Pitt's jam tax and its effect on breakfasting and the freedom of the press . . . ?
Eating jam toast in bed while thinking hard about the essay I'm writing. Obviously.
What was it again . . . ? The importance of jam in the spreading of radical ideas in the 1790s?
Pitt's jam tax and its effect on breakfasting and the freedom of the press . . . ?
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Morning.
Eating jam toast in bed while thinking hard about the essay I'm writing. Obviously.
What was it again . . . ? The importance of jam in the spreading of radical ideas in the 1790s?
Pitt's jam tax and its effect on breakfasting and the freedom of the press . . . ?
Eating jam toast in bed while thinking hard about the essay I'm writing. Obviously.
What was it again . . . ? The importance of jam in the spreading of radical ideas in the 1790s?
Pitt's jam tax and its effect on breakfasting and the freedom of the press . . . ?