Mah-Mah @ 80
…For very nearly 60 of those 80 years, she has been my dahling mahmah… Excerpt from Prince Charles’ Tribute to the Queen on her 80th birthday Maybe it was just me, but when His Royal Highness uttered the words ’60 of those 80 year’, I sensed a note of resentful resignantion. Y’know the sort of [...]
D.I.V.O.R.C.E
After several failed attempts at drafting some witty commentary to accompany the images in this post I have opted to stick to the facts and simply recount how I happened across these images. It was a Wednesday morning, no different from any other. As usual I bought my copy of The Guardian at Lancaster train [...]
Easter in Wakefield
I am spending Easter with Mich’s family at their home in Wakefield, a city near Leeds. My intention had been to walk around with my camera, taking photographs of every bit of nature. This did not work out. This weekend has seen some superb weather and true to the saying, mad dogs and English(wo)men were [...]
108 Miles
This post is not a sequel to Eminem’s movie, though I would not say no to Mekhi Phifer putting in an appearance. This post is about a journey; a journey that I have embarked on every single (week) day twice a day since last October. The starting point and the destination are immaterial. The reason [...]
Jipoxers
Jipox -(verb) Kiswahili Slang: to boldly assert one’s belonging/membership to a group of people or an event despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Jipoxer -(noun) Kiswahili Slang: one who jipoxes. Last year, my blog twin wrote a fantastic response to Angelina Jolie’s adoption of an Ethiopian baby. In the same blog piece she mentioned that [...]
