diary – Kelvin D. Hatch

Bon mots pre Neo-Victorian Times

Kelvin 2018-04-02 1 Comment

I came across my 1972† diary the other day. Interesting to see the things I was doing and making note of as a sixteen- to seventeen-year-old. For example, the entry for the 5th September is, “Back to school. Boo!” The following Saturday, it’s “Norfolk Broads—holidays!” Aahhh—those were the days—when pupils could take a holiday during term-time without parents having to… Read more »

Groundhog Day—Phil’s Diary

Kelvin 2018-02-05 2 Comments

So Punxsutawney Phil has performed his annual prognostication, and there are six more weeks of winter to go. Call me grumpy/cynical/party-pooper/whatever, but whoopdy flipping do! Who, outside of Gobbler’s Knob (a place that ranks up there with Bell End and Pratts Bottom for “need to change the name” attention) gives a rodent’s rectum about a grumpy rodent seeing his shadow… Read more »