Friko's World

 Oh botheration! Now what's wrong? I am fast losing interest in blogging. First, Google takes over and messes up the system, removes fol...

 How sweet you are, how darling. Thank you for kind words; it is true, much of the pleasure of blogging comes from the feeling of community....

Here’s a question: Do we only truly love those by whom we feel loved or can we love without expecting a return? (Forget about unrequite...

For more than two years commenters have complained that their comments disappeared and several of you have asked me if I’ve barred you. In f...

There are some bloggers whose blogs you like so much that you think you'd love to meet them in real life. If you’re lucky they like your...

So many posts unposted, so many blogs unread, so many comments ignored or not left, so many emails not replied to, so much writing left unwr...

This may not be exactly what  Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene  is all about but there’s certainly a connection between ‘Doing Good Makes O...

Losing followers? I finally saw the Google announcement which states that they are no longer allowing followers who are not in possession...

Guiseppe Arcimboldo  -  Autumn  -  1573 Post Autumn Equinox, and the nights are drawing in. Beloved and I have had no enjoyment of...

Now that I’m beginning to find my way around iMac Yosemite I’d like to restart blogging more or less regularly. But what is there to say?...

that I’m definitely still alive and keen to get back to the blogging universe. Funnily enough, I’m getting stiffer and more sore from...

but by no means sorted. Everything was gone and I still haven't recovered much. The Macdoctor wiped the hard drive and re-installed ...

I was going to brag and ask for a round of applause because I cracked Yosemite and was successfully updating app after app. Then suddenly ...

Can't ever leave well alone. The Mac was working beautifully, a bit creaky and aged, maybe a bit slow; but it worked, and it and I had...

The difference between these two pictures is 20 hours and an awful lot of rain. It’s the same stretch of river and the same willow ...

While my mac was away from home for a bit of R&R I felt utterly bereft. Every time I passed the empty desk there was a tiny jolt. Fine, ...

except me, that the grass in the lower field, where Millie and I walk daily, is finally being cut and I can actually see her again  r...

"Any ideas for a blog post? I need something light and easy, nothing that will require research, nothing too serious, nothing too perso...

You know those ideas and thoughts you have which disappear into the great void of forgetfulness? Not the ones which happen to get lost on ...

. . . .  whatever next! What a strange thing it is when a blogger feels guilty for not updating their blog at regular intervals with a new...