I have just written and sorted out photos for a very nostalgic blog but decided not to publish it till the 18th. Otherwise I burnt the bread yesterday, you could use the loaf as a brick to build a house it is so strong.
My daughter says the problem is you can never smell burning from an Aga the oven is too sealed up. Apart from cooking disasters life continues apace. Lillie is back, late last night and will probably go to work today at her old workplace.
Is it really like this in America and do I believe what I read, the answer to the second question is no of course. But it is something to brood over. "Know what you stand for and what you think is good"
My son has been blessed with an Amazon gift card from me which was delivered a day after by the Amazon work slave. I know all this because of the half dozen emails Amazon posts. Have you not noticed how the drivers fidget on the front doorstep trying to get away quick after the photo call to keep up to speed on their round? Please do not let the Post Office Mail (is it called Royal Mail anymore?) be sold off to some money drunk happy billionaire to buy it and then force another bunch of people into serfdom.
And, if we have to gossip, I am a bit sick of Prince Andrew and his foolishness in his friendships with Chinese spies, or business people, take your pick. Just put him in The Tower and then all of that unruly fuss about which royal house he wants will be solved.
During my reading of 'The Ruralists' I came across a good rabbit hole to go down. It is by Ralph Steadman, his drawings always scares me. Roald Dahl once wrote a book on the case of the ownership of the Mildenhall Roman Treasure and you can find some of Steadman's illustrations in this blog.
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| Rabbit Hole by Ralph Steadman |
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Andrew and Harry, two royals who have gone way wrong but the rest (well Margaret too perhaps) have kept their noses reasonably clean. A few fines for Princess Ann for speeding and Prince Phillip's driving not being great at an old age. Otherwise??? Actually, the more I think about it, the more misdeeds I remember. Forget all of the above.
ReplyDeleteThe Rabbit Hole is excellent and there is a lot to see in The Three Kings.
Funnily enough, the only two royals (other than the late Queen) that I really had any time for are Anne - much more pragmatic and down to earth that any of her brothers, and with a first class work ethic, and Phillip - no sufferer of fools and not afraid to speak his mind, and with a far more real-world point of view that our current tree hugger nutcase king and his woke son and heir.
ReplyDeleteAs for.Harry, he should have stayed in the Army where he would have been kept out of the way and out of the clutches of a Z-list power crazed offence taker actress. And Andrew, well the less said about Air Miles Andy the better.