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<title><![CDATA[ Then came the rain ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The searing heat of recent weeks has gone, leaving only rain. A welcome change - back to our default position.I have approved the paperback version of The Pett ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:52:49 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ TPS unstarched! ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ TPS? The Petticoat Searchers, of course, and unstarched? In the 1800s I imagine starched petticoats were derigeur, as they say, and likely starched. (I starched ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:48:36 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Lo, a book upon the horizon looms. ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ And it came to passeth that The Petticoat Searchers in ebook formeth did becometh available to all, on the amazonian sites.Yes, the ebook is now available for ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:18:33 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ More punctuation, less haste ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ No idea what happened. Most likely picked the wrong file to put up, and also send off for a paperback proof copy! Many days later, after a line-by-line proof-re ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:06:15 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ While we are waiting... ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ That&#039;s the royal &#039;we&#039;, meaning me, meaning, I. And for what is one waiting? Why, the print proof of The Petticoat Searchers of course. I have a reader lined up ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ A little something for the weekend... ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An old English euphemism. But, over in this corner, I have put up via the usual link on the front page a what I am calling pre-proof print of the completed Pett ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:44:44 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Is it the end or just the beginning... ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Is it the end or just the beginning of the re-write?The actual writing of The Petticoat Searchers aka Runcible Briggs is now complete and brings an end to my V ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:25:15 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Where&#039;s me drumroll? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I may have finished The Petticoat Searchers - possibly. The final Chapter, 21, is split into three parts. Frankly, it good have just as easily gone to 22 chapte ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:45:29 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Say, is that pocket dictionary Latin? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to the United States of America on reaching 250 years. I&#039;m not entirely sure, given the way we as a species are going at it, the USA will get to ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:59:12 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Take Two... ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is take two because my first one vanished into the ether, unsaved. Curses!Being unhappy with Chapter 20 of the Petticoat Searchers I have pulled it apart ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:01:47 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sparks and Sizzlin&#039; heat ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This week the UK is set to melt or is it just selected parts of England? Not sure. A red weather warning has been issued for south west England so one can expec ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:06:27 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Steady as she goes ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I have put up Chapter 19 of The Petticoat Searchers/Runcible Briggs. There is an interesting pivot point or reveal, if you like. Rather than spoil anything I wi ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:45:14 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ All At Sea...almost ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I have completed chapter 18 of The petticoat Searchers/Runcible Briggs, albeit in first draft/rough form. I am also nearly through chapter 19 but there are some ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:03:07 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The return of Sir C ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On Tuesday I, yet again, trekked to Bristol for a gig. Honestly no one ever makes to my corner of the south west. Bit off the beaten track for indie groups/arti ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 16:28:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Fever time ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is going to be super brief. Suffering an horrendous bout of hay fever - the joys of spring awakening everything. Left it a little too late to start medicat ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 17:16:31 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obsolete with Canadians in a Bristol basement... ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last week I yet again trekked up to Bristol for a gig. The venue was a small one but I&#039;ve seen some very good, varied bands there over recent years, mostly on w ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:47:02 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sultans of What? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The one and only Sultans of Ping of course aka Sultans of Ping FC. The name is naturally a play on, if not a sly dig at, Dire Straits&#039; Sultans of Swing. SoP wer ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 08:24:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ This ain&#039;t rock n roll, this is suicide... ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ...or something very close to that - David Bowie, of course. I&#039;ve had the guitar and drums from Speed of Light living in my head for about a week now. It probab ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:12:25 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Back home ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After five countries; Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, France and Belgium we are home again. No idea of the distance covered but I imagine somewhere in the reg ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:04:48 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ The things we leave behind ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The things we get ready to pack and then for one reason or another, leave behind. Erm...laptop charger. I am currently in southern Germany, in the southern par ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:08:53 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Heading south for Easter ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ That time of year has arrived when my daughter and I head to southern Germany for Easter. An overnight stop-over in Vianden, Luxembourg, where Victor Hugo spent ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:32:55 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ What Time Is Love (and er, an addendum or two) ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The KLF asked, America: What Time Is LoveI guess we&#039;re still waiting. It&#039;s funny how governments are happy to waste away a billion dollars a day being destruct ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:16:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Deep In The Mix ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here we are, less than a week of February left. It is always the same, the slow drag of January followed by the breakneck, blink and it&#039;s gone blur of February. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:45:05 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Of Rain and Woe and Joy ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I will begin by saying Spain has, from what I have seen, got it a lot worse than the UK. Rain, of course. In these British Isles and Northern Ireland, we haven&#039; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:23:25 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ A Step Toward the Light ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here we are in February and already it feels lighter! Although in the south west of England it is still wet. But at least the floods of last week have somewhat ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:40:53 EST</pubDate>
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