Friko's World

   Summer's ended, Autumn is here. The cherry tree leaves are turning. A day of rain and wind today, I've not been tempted to go out...

Recently I went for a meal out in a restaurant with a small group of people. There were six of us. The restaurant was somewhat better than t...

Those of you who have commented on my state of mind in the previous post are quite right. I do indeed sound sad and unhappy. Rereading the p...

Once every 33 years Ramadan, the Christian Holy Week and Passover fall in the same month. If the stars can do it, how wonderful if we, manki...

  Oh how I wish. But, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. This beggar remains just that, a beggar. No horse. I scroll youtube a lot o...

I looked the term up, they are a thing. Maybe you knew? I didn't, until now. "Night terrors are episodes of screaming, intense fear...

I have only very recently discovered a new to me, very powerful, story teller: Elizabeth Strout.  "Olive Kitteridge" is a beautifu...

When I finally rolled out of bed this morning, a little later than normally because I had no plans at all for today, and filled the kettle f...

I had never heard of gun buyback events until I read about it during one of my idle news scrollings. So, you live in the US, could do with a...

In my previous post I said "When you get to my ripe old age you realise that nothing much matters..." I haven't changed my min...

If you found out, right now, that these are the last few days of your life, could you say, tonight, that today you did exactly what y...

It looks like I am not going to take sensible advice anytime soon. “I think this could be a lot of work to keep it all going. Are you sure...

I made a disappointing discovery: one of my friends, someone I was not only fond of but admired greatly, has turned out to have feet of...

"You are looking really well. Have you got over . . . ?” That’s where she stopped, a little unsure of whether she had paid me a complim...

There is just about still time to wish you all a happy and peaceful new year. Had I waited until tomorrow, being February, it might have bee...

So there I was, aiming for human interaction resulting in happiness, or at least a semblance of contentment. Fat chance. Not that it wa...

My darling Millie has died. In her last days she could barely make it to the lawn and often poo'd on the flags of the terrace. She dete...

Rain, rain, nothing but rain. Yesterday, when I saw the weather forecast, I was pleased. A whole day to myself with nobody to disturb...

Old Gardener has died. In the end it was all over within a few short weeks, the cancers took him quickly, I am glad to say. So there ...

Roughly once a month Paula and I meet for supper and a glass of wine in the White Horse. We book a small table in the pub window whi...