Exploring the world of ideas through books. Grails, holy or otherwise. Exploring the world of ideas through books. All you need is love. This seems to be the case with A Wrinkle in Time.

I have acquired a sledgehammer. While we do not really have a gun problem here in the UK, not one like in America at least, I am aware that many in our biggest and baddest criminal fraternities are not averse to carrying weapons as they ply their nefarious trade. Knives, baseball bats, pick handles and the like.

Life, the universe and a few other things. On the joys of being wrong. Theresa May is a dead woman walking. According to George Osborne in a glorious statement of Hard Schadenfreude.

Big plans for a small garden. Dahlias and a Belgian Beer. A well past due mini update. Having a garden tour and admiring our newly flowering dahlias with beer in hand. First Black Climbing Bean Crop. Spring Tidy Garden and New Shoots. Six cucumbers are sprouting so far, I.

Librería El Lector, Calle San Francisco 213, Arequipa, Peru. Stories from Quechan Oral Literature. But je ne regrette rien.

Crafting a simple, sustainable and organised life. We came back from our jolly hols in Scotland yesterday. My other mail was an assortment of the usual marketing junk, voting papers for building societies and bank statements which I still get on paper; hidden amongst the pile was my most rece.