Proud to be a Grot |
My ancestors, so the family story goes, were from Grotland. That makes me Grottish. And consequently very proud. I've hung the Grottish flag in my bedroom and I've even got a little Grott...
Posted by Martin on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:39:00 PST |
Dawn brings a day of hell - in Hemel Hempstead |
I must've been sleeping very lightly, perhaps on the slow rise to consciousness, when suddenly I was awake and aware of a murmur running through the house. At first I thought it was the central heatin...
Posted by Martin on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:44:00 PST |
Harry Porter and the Chamber Of Commerce |
Yes it's finally come, the latest and last in the series about an estate agent from Cheshunt. 'Agent Harry' completes the final stage of his apprenticeship to become a fully fledged bastard when he s...
Posted by Martin on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:17:00 PST |
Goodnight everybody - everybody everywhere - goodnight. |
Early on Monday morning the police were doing a house to house to see if anything had been seen or heard during the night. It hadn't. Something had happened on the green in front of the house and befo...
Posted by Martin on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:12:00 PST |
What I enjoyed at the International Club |
Some time last year I found myself in a snowball and feeling awkward as usual about looking for the next person to dance with. So I resorted to my fall-back option : d...
Posted by Martin on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:00:00 PST |
What I endured at the International Club |
I hate gypsy jazz. There's a very good reason why it's called that but people don't seem to be put off.
Posted by Martin on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:00:00 PST |
On my palette |
Being a painter can require great patience and determination, never more so than when trying to obtain just the right colour. Here are some of the colours on my palette at the moment, some of the...
Posted by Martin on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:27:00 PST |
Is this where you are now? |
I Want You (She's So Heavy) may seem at first like a blues idea stretched out too far but it's the synthesis with another darker musical idea that takes me on a particular journey. The first part...
Posted by Martin on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:50:00 PST |
Puny Paramilitary Plot |
It seems a little odd that Michael Stone, a man who attacked an IRA funeral with hand grenades and a machine gun, could only manage an imitation handgun and some dubious sounding 'explosives' this tim...
Posted by Martin on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:03:00 PST |
Some questions |
1) Would you believe in a love at first sight? Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time2) What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you bu...
Posted by Martin on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:11:00 PST |
