Friko's World

How utterly exhausting it is to get tangled up in politics for weeks on end; it’s draining, physically and mentally. True, we need to get an...

When delving into the philosophy of how best to live life in midlife and beyond, many bloggers stress the importance of remaining produ...

or How to Spend a Profitable Afternoon. (It’s still raining) What started me off I no longer know.  I remember I was idly looking for poet...

The Martyrdom of St Ursula German art - 16th century It’s been my name day today. In mainly catholic countries in Europe as well as L...

The Green Man may have won the battle for supremacy over Frosty, the cruel Ice Queen, and installed the May Queen on her throne for what...

Kingfisher Photograph by  Charlie Fleming Currently mired in a period of blogger’s paralysis, and struggling to find anything in...

Tess Kincaid's MAGPIE PROMPT No. 95 On the banks of the River of Woe, Forsaken by the gods, I await your return from Hades, O Charon. ...