Static

Hello faithful reader, I do hope you are well and have been busy- or at least as busy as the current circumstances allow anyway. It has all been a bit static and samey for me what with lockdown in full swing, but I guess it is the same for many more. I did toy with …

A Sandman Up A Fir Tree

Well today was a lazy day in which I wrapped all the presents (during which I discovered that wrapping up a Cushion is a pain in the arse), wrote out my Christmas Cards and caught up with the various Christmas and Winter themed Jazz shows on BBC Radios 2 and 3. Jazz Record Requests was …

Sandman de Lune

It is the wee small hours of the morning for me and I am typing this in bed and possibly might nod off in the process of writing this. I currently have my "Sleepy Time Guy" playlist on Spotify on the head phones and have a sleepy dog who appears to have become telescopic as …

25 Day Christmas Challenge #Day 2

Welcome to my 25 Day Christmas Challenge, a bit of seasonal fun to brighten up the doom and gloom that is the tale end of 2020. If you wish to talk part simply download the image above, create your own post for the appropriate prompt and link back to this one with a pingback. The …

WotD: A Last Hoorah?

In 1972 Alfred Hitchcock returned to his native Britain and made his final British Film, the first in over twenty years and was to be the penultimate film for Master of Suspense. In many ways the film feels like Hitchcock has come full circle with the film sharing a number of elements with his first …

Went Well the Week

Well lockdown 2.0 has been going fairly well for me, I have managed to keep up with the exercise though I haven't been doing as much with the weights as I probably should be. I have tried to improve my diet a little and I have purchased bottles of coconut water instead of fizzy pop …

Bang Bang a Boom

It is Bonfire Night here in Blighty so for the past week people have been having Firework parties and the dogs are absolutely loving it. As we settled into lockdown mark 2 redecorating is on the agenda, turning the office into a Library come-guest room complete with chair bed. As before I intend to keep …

The Man and the Hour

Work has been, well work, slowing down a bit and for bizarre reasons young Mr Lewis and I seem to attract the mentalists into our section on a Sunday shift. The next few weeks are going to be hell, not just because of covid but because the road is closed for bridge repairs and the …

30 Day Album Challenge #Day 21

Welcome back to my 30 Album Challenge Day 21: A Favourite Soundtrack Album. Now I answered a similar question in my 30 Day Film Challenge earlier in the year with Duke Ellington's soundtrack to the movie "Anatomy of a Murder", so I won't be selecting that again. My choice is going to be the soundtrack …

Check In

On Monday 3rd August we celebrated my Nan's 95th Birthday and by means of celebration we had afternoon tea with Nan and Heather, Heather even baked some cakes for the occasion, with lets say "mixed" results. This was down to the oven at her flat not being particularly great so they weren't heating through properly. …