This is a tribute to Otava Yo, a Russian folk group from St. Petersburg, that I came across in February 2020 due to a suggested video to watch. If you had told me several years ago that I would find myself listening to Russian Folk Music which included bagpipes, I […]
These reflections on Covid-19 began as a long comment on a post on someone else’s blog, however having written everything and put a lot of emotional energy into it, all I got when I attempted to post the comment was: Sorry, this comment could not be posted So, rather than […]
There are a lot of Pink Floyd cover bands from all around the world, a lot of them fairly good and some of them truly excellent. But you, like me, probably wouldn’t expect to find a really good cover act that came from Mongolia would you? When Covid-19 started to […]
Yesterday, as we were in the area, we decided to pay a visit to my Dad. We hadn’t been to see him in almost 5 years and we thought it would be a good idea to pay our respects. My Dad would have been 98 last month, had not Cancer […]
Southampton Old Cemetery is situated on the south side of Southampton Common and covers 27 acres. We took a walk through the cemetery over the past weekend and even though this is only a few miles from home, it was the first time that we had driven anywhere to take […]
It’s the 1st of April today, and it just seems kind of bizarre being at home instead of in the office. I have been working at home since last Wednesday, quite successfully, with my computer from work, twin monitors, taking up the dining room as an office, but as of […]
If you enjoy listening to Celtic Rock music, or even if you aren’t familiar with this genre of music, I hope you enjoy this video which I found today. I pretty much stumbled across Russian Folk Group “Otava Yo” last weekend on You Tube and I am completely hooked on […]
Who has listened to or watched any Jasper Carrott lately? I must admit that I am in that number, or at least was until this morning. Back in the 70’s and 80’s Jasper Carrott from Birmingham was one of the top comedians in the UK and was regularly on the […]
One thing that I love about my new car, which I have had for almost two months now, is that I can play random music tracks in it. By “random” I don’t mean completely random, but since I don’t know what song is coming next, it might as well be. […]
Well another Christmas is over and like so many others I put on way too much weight. It’s time to start the after Christmas diet, but before I do, there is one thing to be taken care of. As usual, we bought too much food over Christmas, “just in case […]