It is only 25 days since I wrote this and said I’d be sticking with Twitter until the bitter end and it burned down around me. Well it is still shambling along like a grounded zombie bird but it really is started to come apart at the seams – and the Muskrat has managed to…

Every around this time (my last pay packet of the year) I try to even out my rampant consumerism by making a few charitable donations to a rotating cast of worthy recipients. This year I am going to promote my choices on the run up to Christmas in my newsletter as well – see if…

I’m not American and god knows with hindsight it feels like one of those holidays you might want to rethink given the history but I like the parade, love an excuse for more Turkey and mostly just like it as a prompt to call out some things for which I am thankful for. So I…