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| 7 Jun 10 | An Announcement (16) | (9 Jun 10, 7:11 PM by Sadistia) |
| Electricfog has quit England to live with me and we are to be married on 21st June this year. I must have done something good somewhere to be so blessed. | ||
| 27 Jan 09 | Electricfog - a further bulletin (3) | (27 Jan 09, 9:02 PM by Cicero) |
| I have received intelligence from the depths of the Midlands that Electricfog has received her new modem and may well be on-line later today. She has borne her internet deprivation with courage and fortitude and we rejoice that her time of travail is coming to an end. | ||
| 25 Jan 09 | Electricfog - An Announcement (8) | (28 Jan 09, 5:44 PM by electricfog) |
| I am required and requested by Electricfog to inform the world that her modem has died. There will be two minutes respectful silence while it is solemnly interred. Unfortunately, it is a cable modem supplied by her ISP and it may be five days before a replacement is fitted, during which time a period of official mourning will be observed. [more...] | ||
| 24 May 08 | Dreams, dreams (2) | (25 May 08, 12:22 AM by Cicero) |
| I sat in a Club today having a light lunch looking out over the bay when I saw great three masted barque, gleaming white, glide majestically from behind the headland, followed by the sheepdog-like pilot boat. [more...] | ||
| 19 May 08 | Epitaph (2) | (19 May 08, 11:53 PM by fen_fatale) |
| She was funny and feisty: she had mischief without malice: she romped and yomped: she nuzzled and cuddled: she was Beltane, and I shall miss her. [more...] | ||
| 1 Mar 08 | An Agnostic reflects (4) | (16 May 09, 9:51 PM by Ima_Kant) |
| Occasionally, you read something which makes you think, and think very hard. I hope The Times will not mind if I quote verbatim the piece today from Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks. [more...] | ||
| 1 Jan 08 | 2008 and all that (8) | (2 Jan 08, 12:19 AM by suzee) |
| I do not believe in making resolutions at the turn of the year: I would never live up to them and be depressed by the inevitable failure. [more...] | ||
| 1 Dec 07 | Thoughts in a storm (2) | (1 Dec 07, 9:52 PM by Cicero) |
| just_tope's recent posting reminds me that earlier this evening I was atop a rocky promontory. The wind howled as the rain lashed down and spray from the sea foamed around the lighthouse on its granite islet. Every few seconds, the sky above the sea was rent with vivid blue white lightning which lit the fearful surging waves as they crashed on the granite reefs. [more...] | ||
| 10 Mar 07 | Thanks and Gratitude (5) | (11 Mar 07, 12:26 AM by Jezzebelle) |
| I was very touched by the kind comments left on my last weblog on the death of my feline friend. Thank you, all of you. | ||
| 8 Mar 07 | Exequy to a very dear friend and companion (7) | (9 Mar 07, 3:57 AM by Strummy) |
| The Cicero tribe have had a few misfortunes lately and now in sad circumstances, I have lost my faithful feline friend and companion. [more...] | ||
| 16 Jan 07 | Of Spiders and things (12) | (17 Jan 07, 8:14 PM by Cicero) |
| Sometimes, the company of an intelligent and inquisitive child stimulates your own curiosity and makes the brain work harder. [more...] | ||
| 14 Jan 07 | 20 Questions (6) | (14 Jan 07, 10:23 PM by Cicero) |
| You really do not want to know what I sometimes find under the bed. | ||
| 4 Jan 07 | Birthday (5) | (4 Jan 07, 4:17 PM by fen_fatale) |
The Times yesterday reported that it was my birthday - 106 B.C. at Arpinum. Not a single card 
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| 29 Oct 06 | To electricfog (1) | (29 Oct 06, 10:00 PM by electricfog) |
| Why do I miss you so today? [more...] | ||
| 6 Sep 06 | electricfog in paradise | (6 Sep 06, 11:21 PM by Cicero) |
| Yesterday, electricfog wrote a weblog entitled Paradise... [more...] | ||
| 28 May 06 | Politics and Politicians defined (3) | (28 May 06, 10:00 PM by Cicero) |
| I was idly leafing through "The Devil's Dictionary", a compilation by the American cynic and humorist Ambrose Bierce, when I came upon these two entries: [more...] | ||
| 27 May 06 | Examination questions (17) | (27 May 06, 11:35 PM by electricfog) |
| Rummaging through the lumber room of my computer, I came upon the following text from 1996. The general authorship is unknown, although two of items are the work of friends, and one from my own febrile brain. [more...] | ||
| 15 May 06 | To electricfog | (15 May 06, 10:46 PM by Cicero) |
| I read your last note: of course I read it, as I read all that you write. [more...] | ||
| 6 Feb 06 | Was it buggery? (2) | (8 Feb 06, 9:25 PM by Cicero) |
| While foraging in the dusty attic of my computer, I came upon a piece from The Times of 10th March 1998, which I had kept because I thought it rather droll. Read and smile. [more...] | ||
| 14 Dec 05 | Concerning electricfog (6) | (15 Dec 05, 8:46 AM by estarriol) |
| As electricfog knows, I also have had some problems lately and without her love and support, I would have found it hard to keep afloat in the storms. [more...] | ||
