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Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) - Roy Orbison

The chapter I read today was brilliant. It was a chapter in which a troop of Red Coats are ambushed by Rob Roy's men. Rob Roy and Waverley puts me in mind of Heart of Darkness. First Francis Osbaltistone relocates from France where it is reasonably urbane and civilised to Northumbria, close to the Scottish border. It's a bit rough and ready up then, but it's still England. Then he moves onto Glasgow, which is a little bit foreign. Then he goes out to the Highlands and he has gone back in time five centuries. Law does not really exist.

The Long Hot Summer - The Style Council

by Dave, in Surrey,

do you all hound me so? Is a man to get no peace? Cats caterwauling, deranged dogs, Revolting rotters, pesky Parsons and bothersome boys in blue. Where does it all end, that's what I want to know.' The Major clutched at his hair, which didn't really have enough spare for that kind of treatment. 'Dear Major, you're merely suffering from the ill effects of stress and overwork. What you need is a complete rest, and I know just the place.' 'Do you really think,' asked the Major pathetically ...

your cucumber sandwiches, made

Long Time Gone ~ Crosby, Stills and Nash

Love is Here and Now You're Gone - The Supremes

She's one of those books that make many things clearer and maybe even inspire new growth in a person's soul and heart

Here I go again - Whitesnake

Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

Come back and stay - Paul Young

Come On-a My House - Rosemary Clooney

64 seconds, and eat...

the Major had accused Johnny Revolting of running a house of ill repute, however the Major was assumed , currently, to have taken leave of his senses. As a man of the cloth, asked Disorderly, what would Jesus do in the circumstances..?.. 'Let's look at it this way..I have been a parson for 30 years and I can justly report that the best course of action is to take a line of least resistance. Never let circumstances get you down..now..Disgusting is no criminal..Mr Disgusting ain't no criminal, that much is certain..as to whether Daddy Flowers is deranged, heaven only knows..tell you what ..I will go see him , wearing my spiritual compass round my neck, and I will ascertain for you how he's fairng these days..I ought not believe it should help but oh God,I do....' Disorderly, always happy to delegate police work to priests, assented. Following Tuesday, a knock at the Major's door at 2pm. 'Who the veritable blazes..at this damned , tarnation bound wreck of a time..??', asked Major Flowers..'Why...

"Serpent's Point" by Kate Ellis - this is the 26th novel in the Devon based Wesley Peterson series, and this time Wesley and his team are investigating the murder of a woman on a coastal path near the area in the book's title, which is a house, where a Regency-set film is being made. The house is also home to a small artist's colony, so there are lots of potential suspects and witnesses. But it looks like the murder could be linked to a couple of cold cases and disappearances in other parts on the country,as the victim seemed to be conducting her own investigation, following the murder of one of her best friends a few years ago. We also get some of the history of Serpent's Point, when two schoolgirls with metal detectors uncover a hoard of Roman coins and other artefacts, which brings in Wesley's best friend Neil, an archaeologist whose investigations always cross over with the more modern police storyline, especially when a relatively recent skeleton is discovered at the site, although it's soon dated to be about 100 years old, but this gives us the parallel story of another archaeological dig which took place a century ago. As the police continue unearthing clues to their current murder, another woman disappears and they realise they are in a race against time. I did actually suspect who the killer was fairly early on, but there's a later twist which gives this case a suitably serpentine feeling. Another easy read, possibly two many coincidences but it's fiction after all! 7.5/10

House of the Rising sun - The Animals

tea, in less than ...

PC Disorderly approaching, breathing heavily and clutching his side. Of a rather rotund physique, with a marked cake surplus around his middle, he managed to gasp out, 'Hold *puff* up! Come to *puff* take your *puff* handcuffs *puff* off.' 'Praise be! My faith, though less than a mustard seed and moving no mountains, has nevertheless been rewarded. The Good Lord has seen fit to release me from my bondage, part the stormy waters of the Red Sea and will lead me to the Promised Land. Hallelujah!' Once Disorderly caught his breath, he explained that ...

Our House ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Yummy 😋 🍓

First strawberries of the year for our area. I got them this morning at the farm. They are nice:

Erich Maria Remarque's novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' Fyodor Dostoevsky's book 'Crime and Punishment,' Charles Dickens' tale 'A Tale of Two Cities'."

This book has been waiting for its turn for quite some time, it seems like your comment is a sign that I should finally read it.

Oh, I've been putting off this trilogy for a while, but I finally finished it and I'm really pleased!