3TC: Battleplan

"My dear miss Sevenpenny, we are trying to outwit the mind of a criminal not prevent a boy scout bob-a-job week," snapped Arthur. Miss Sevenpenny sighed, "you're going to need to attract his attention somehow, I can distract him." "How?" asked Arthur dismissively. "I'm not a little girl you know-" she began but Arthur interrupted …

3TC: Fire Man

One of my jobs in the winter at the various Pubs I have worked at has been to light the fire, and I have become quite the master of it. The biggest snag I have found is not having the correct tools for the job, which usually means out of kindling. Luckily I keep a …

3TC: Back to Basie

Three Things Challenge: Count, Air, False The infectious swells of the orchestra filled the air and a myraid of well dressed dancers filled the expansive dance floor. The conductor was building the musicians to end on a tremendous crescendo and those with a keen eye in the audience would have noticed the mild look of …

3TC: And So to Bed

When I was little boy, and I would imagine many children would share this, there was always something curious about the appeal of the double bed of my parents. The vastness of the bed I think appealed to me, mind you I pretty much loved the cabin bed I had from about age 7 till …

3TC: Kitchen Man

My cooking pot is getting a fair amount of use at the moment as one can imagine, but there is a little more to it then just the current outbreak. Baking has become something a thing in Casa-de-Sandman so the oven is in a lot of use meaning that alternative locations for cooking were needed, …

3TC: The Inconstant Gardener

The onslaught of sunny weather has sent me onto the Green Green Grass of my garden and despite only having trimmed the grass on Saturday and removed the growths between the patio slabs, the green is once again abundant. I will probably have to schedule an increase of lawn moving antics for the foresable future, …

3TC: Snakes in a School Hall

Three Things Challenge: Cry, Phobia, Laugh People will often laugh at someone's phobia because it seems irrational. I personally have a phobia of Snakes which is probably about the only thing I have in common with Indiana Jones, it is some what illogical because Shropshire is so well known for its abundance of serpentine life. …

3TC: Ballad for Wind Instrument and Canoe

People who know me in person will no doubt be aware of my special relationship with Athleticism, Sports and Team Sports and how much the other members of the Three Musketeers and I were the red hot stars of the school sport's playing field. This relationship did not preclude other sorts of outdoor activity which …

3TC: In the Strings of the Harp

From the year 2011 for several years the Harp "International" Hotel in Albrighton, Nr Wolverhampton held a modern Jazz evening on a Wednesday evening. The Harp was already established as a venue for Traditional Jazz thanks to the long term presence of Jazz Club 90 who used the pub aa their venue for the best …

3TC: Walking in the Evening

When I was younger one of my favourite sub-genres in film and television was the deserted cityscape. There was always that inticing level of eerie and unusual about a normally heavily populated area being empty and silent. The current situation has bought me to mind of this sub-genre and when I do my permitted daily …