Tag Archives: Colonialist

February Belatedly March-ed

Posted on March 1, 2020 by colonialist

So Feb, from clinging on, has moved on. MBH came out of hospital yesterday, rather rickety but improved quickly. Unfortunately, more procedures are indicated. Can’t find a suitable picture for this one – I don’t think a gore and guts … Continue reading →

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Too Maw Egg Skew Sis

Posted on February 24, 2020 by colonialist

I have two excuses for the recent absence – both self-sufficient. One is that on Saturday I was re-admitted to hospital feeling grotty. The second is that, also on Saturday, the internet and phones went down yet again and only … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome Hospitality

Posted on February 21, 2020 by colonialist

Here we went again: another day, another hospital.                 This may seem welcoming enough, but the reality was that it was a rack of torture. Successive blood transfusions and no sleep for about … Continue reading →

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Times Increasingly Interesting

Posted on February 17, 2020 by colonialist

The wrongly-sourced curse of ‘interesting times’ (it is not Chinese but probably American) has certainly come upon us. Most the past week has been spent in hospitals, clinics, doctors’ waiting rooms, or travelling from one to the other. One Specialist … Continue reading →

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Race Against Time

Posted on February 3, 2020 by colonialist

One again loadshed time approaches at speed, and the internet is going at all the rate of a lame slug.  ‘Highlights’ of the day have been going fifty miles across Death Valley to fetch our new garden labour force (Mondays … Continue reading →

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BLACK POWER EQUALS POWER BLACKOUTS

Posted on February 3, 2020 by colonialist

  For Jan the first a Really Awful Rhyme Was meant to indicate that it was time – Or such had been my definite decision – To see the year with Twenty Twenty Vision! Over an entire month blogging has … Continue reading →

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Four Cases Solved by Sherlock Colonialist

Posted on January 30, 2020 by colonialist

Apart from a brief spell in the middle of the month I have been without internet and email for the entire time; reasons being too complex and numerous to list. The latest loss took place about a week ago when … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2019 Worth Thousands of Words

Posted on December 27, 2019 by colonialist

© December 2019 Colonialis

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Shelved and a Totally Week-ed Week to Leave One Weak

Posted on December 23, 2019 by colonialist

Let us hope that this time, I am able to post this. What a week! On Monday, I was preparing to stay in bed and assemble shelves there when a call came from a friend down the road who wanted … Continue reading →

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Colourful and Breezy

Posted on December 19, 2019 by colonialist

On the day of departure of the kids and their mother, Jeneva started singing this song to me. She had learnt it in choir. I was amazed. Her diction was flawless, she had no chopped-off notes which kids are inclined … Continue reading →

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