The New Year honours lists recognise the achievements and service of people across the UK and from all walks of life. And for those of you not familiar with the British honours system, here’s at once a very comprehensive as well as official resource. Now ‘merit’ is no doubt in the eye of the beholder, […]
Sales….
I had a lovely family Christmas! Did you? I must say, I got Christmas presents which are useful and which I did appreciate… but my son, for example, simply wanted some money, in time to be off to the start of the sale in London with his mates first thing today…. In the U.K. at […]
So what’s the point of this Blog?
I turned 59 a few weeks ago and for a while I felt an urge to get back into writing again, something I had been doing quite successfully last about 40 years ago…. Just a few words about me to start: I am Swiss by birth, but have lived also for many years in the […]
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
The grumpy older man 