Friko's World

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...

the end of culture as I know it, for the time being anyway. I hope. Creativity is in short supply in my household, all I can think of doin...

`’Do you live here all by yourself?” Micky was new to the German Conversation group. She hadn’t been to my house before and during her vis...

my friend said. "Enjoy yourself, stop worrying, I’ll look after Millie for the day." The man who arranges such things in Valley’s ...

yes, it has helped. It may have something to do with the weather or it may have something to do with a change in attitude, there is most c...

. . . . and last month I hit rock bottom. Just as that heart specialist (how apt, ‘ heart  'specialist) told me a year ago, that the en...

. . . starting with a visit to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Marlowe’s play 'Dido Queen of Carthage’ which is based on...

Did you know that? Do any of you live in or near one of the Stratfords mentioned here? Do these Stratfords have theatres similar to ...

It’s really hard to come up with a worthwhile blog post when your mind is preoccupied. I may also be suffering from writer’s block, all my ...

I knew I would regret starting a week-long series of posts on positivity. It’s just not like me to go searching for 'reasons to be ch...

Laburnum in June Good foot is still needed to go to heaven, but bad foot going to hell is already miles better; it was ever thus, th...

Tom McCall as Hans Bethe, John Heffernan as J Robert Oppenheimer and Ben Allen as Edward Teller in  Oppenheimer . Photo by Keith Pattison...

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 ...

What comes first: a great intellect or a great memory? Can you have one without the other? We have just waved goodbye to a couple of visit...

Titania and Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe Theatre on screen Everyone in the audience enjoyed this performance of ...

I just walked past a mirror and saw my dad reflected in it. Now my dad was not an ugly man as looks go; tall, broad, grey haired, with dee...

Black dogs are everywhere. 'Be More Sociable', a University study says.  Another one says ‘Fake It ’Til You Make It’; or there’...

Give me a corner and I’ll back myself into it. I’ve had years of experience. Allocating two mornings a week for the services of two separ...