Everything!

In Chronological Order

Green Grass Blues

They tell me grass is greener on the other side. Leaving aside the question of who “they” are, the motion before us is “The Grass is Greener on the Other Side”. I propose now to review this from both sides of the keyboard. Yes, there is another side, the dark…Continue reading→

Oh, England!

What an entertaining past few months we’ve seen in England! I’d love to have been a fly on the wall, a fly capable of listening to and understanding the doublespeak and management gobbledygook

More cleanups

Instead of simply reblogging something on this Thursday, I’ve chosen to make improvements to the site. Again. Apart from the ever-changing theme ( it’s a blue and white thingy now… ), I have made the following changes. These should make it easier to find posts. Some of the newer readers…Continue reading→

Boo arrives

In the autumn of 1994 we moved office to a friend’s flat ( apartment, if American ) about 5 minutes walk away from the house. The two rooms and separate entrance allowed us to host the expanded team and have a separate office for me and the Beloved Bangalan. Things…Continue reading→

Insights

The Numbers WordPress tells me that Wednesday is the best day for readers of #SloWord. 28% of the readers come to #SloWord and read what is there to be read on #SloWord on Wednesdays. It also tells me that 9% of the readers read #SloWord at 11:00pm. It would be…Continue reading→

A Medium post

Some time ago, I’d been pointed to Medium as an alternative blogging site. It was very new and, I’m sorry to say, I neglected it shamefully. It didn’t then have a vibrant well-established community and had a stark, minimalistic feel. It still is minimalist in approach, preferring to focus on…Continue reading→

Sun-dried Underwear

It’s a fact of life that as life goes on we change, we discover new things, try new food items and generally progress from sundried plums with tangy rock salt to gourmet sundried tomatoes. At this point you are wondering, aren’t you, why this post is tagged “travel”? Well, maybe…Continue reading→