Kurt of Gerolstein

My family history never ceases to surprise me. I, recently, watched (a very rare occurrence) a highly enjoyable and intelligible seri...

.   Three days ago, I completed the revisions of the half-a-million words that will make up my new book, VICTORIAN VOCALISTS, and sent ev...

. My house is full of art. No, I’m not in any way a connoisseur, and I’ve bought very few pictures in my life time … but Ian, in his you...

. Night-time pain in the shoulder and chest. Called Carol the masseuse. She did her thing and then suggested I have my doctor check it...

. People's bookshelves are strange and storytelling things. They say you can read a person's character from his library. Or lack of...

The family is gradually sorting itself out. Today I picked up one of my family's 1920s photo albums. Sadly, as is so common, the pictur...

. It’s Christmas day. I don’t have to do anything special. The NZ television is about as LCD as it is possible to get. So I’m just sitting...