Home is where The Horse is

• Dear Reader(s) - Slight Return From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (516 days old)

  Home Is Where The Horse Is has ceased publication, due to its author having found more a more rewarding occupation. His present work can be found at: luminograph.blog.co.uk. … more

• Dear Reader(s) From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1379 days old)

  You'll have noticed a distinct lack of activity on this page of late. To be honest with you, it struck me a while back that there is only so much mileage to be had from anecdotes from my past and c… more

• From ‘C’ Wing with love From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1392 days old)

  It was the run-up to Christmas, some 15 years back, when I was working as an examiner in Tokyo. We were sitting, George, Alistair and myself, side-by-side at the long desk, writing, marking, doodling.… more

• Not at all like eating your dead Uncle Norman From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1395 days old)

  “Why then,” mused The Horse over lunch, “don’t you like tofu?” Being Japanese, of course, she'd grown up with the stuff - it forms part of her culinary heritage. But me, I bridled. Now tofu, a… more

• See? I told you this would happen... From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1397 days old)

  So, I succumbed. I finally had my hair cut. Nothing drastic, you understand, just a tidy up. Been growing it for six months, after all. Listened dutifully to everything the hairdresser told me … more

• Mercy Killing? From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1399 days old)

  For crimes against euphony, radical feminism and sell-by dates.… more

• Tales from the ballroom From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1399 days old)

  These days, pride of place in our sitting room is given over to a large, blue ball. It’s made of thick, yielding rubber and is surprisingly warm to the touch. It’s also very responsive, and the slight… more

• Muscular yet well-mannered From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1400 days old)

  I have been to the gym three times in the last four days. Consequently, I’m toned and fit - I have a body that women admire and other men envy. However, I don’t kick sand into the faces of the puny… more

• Don’t Miss Saigon From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1401 days old)

  Putting the bottle of wine into a carrier bag and checking that we had the keys, The Horse and I set off to visit our friends. They don’t live so far away but, curiously, we were unfazed when the taxi… more

• Herbal Verbal From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1402 days old)

  My second cup of the day, the sleep melting away like snow on a warm spring morning. Idly flicking on the TV, to find an interview with Herbie Hancock on the BBC. Who actually proved to be rather a du… more

• Hey, Neil! Michael! Can you guess what this is? From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1404 days old)

  He earned his place in history for being the second man to set foot on the Moon. But how many of us know that Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin earned his unusual nickname by delighting Apollo 11 crewmates Arms… more

• Grass From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1409 days old)

  Sitting silently, Doing nothing, Spring comes, And the grass grows by itself. Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694) http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/life.html… more

• Really, you shouldn’t have… From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1411 days old)

  One of my jobs, during the lengthy period I lived in Tokyo, was to write and administer language tests. In the case of reading, this would involve finding and adapting texts, usually from a national d… more

• The night the windmills (nearly) stopped turning From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1412 days old)

  A few years back, when you were a mite younger than you are now, Korean Air was not blessed with the world’s finest safety record. Having suffered mishaps in disconcertingly quick succession, they did… more

• Raisins to be cheerful From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1414 days old)

  Should you be left with any bottom-of-the-bottle rum or brandy, don't just leave it there till next Christmas. Get some raisins. Put them in a Tupperware box. Douse them with the spirit. Seal the b… more

• Bringing his playmates to the stars (China, 1980) From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1414 days old)

  I have been unable to trace, and therefore credit, the artist.… more

• Going for a Song From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1414 days old)

  "And so, while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing." Fray Luis de León, 1528 - 1591 http://users.ip… more

• A little festive philosophy From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1414 days old)

  So there we sat among the discarded wrapping paper, The Horse wrestling with the first in a book of sudoku that I'd given her, me wondering at the wisdom in a book of quotations she'd given me. Coinci… more

• The fickle finger of Dame Fortune From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1417 days old)

  Eddie Phillips was playing his Gibson 335 with a violin bow years before Jimmy Page became celebrated for doing the same thing. The band with whom he played – The Creation – recorded for none l… more

• Once From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1419 days old)

  Once in Royal David’s City stood a lonely cattle shed where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed. That much is certain. Equally certain is the fact that He was gone the following m… more

• An Essex Christmas From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1420 days old)

  A few years ago, finding myself somewhat challenged financially, I took a job in a card shop for the two months prior to Christmas. It was mundane and tiring, but the money, though hardly generous,… more

• These Animal Men From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1422 days old)

  The following are animal names that human beings call (or have called) other human beings: (arranged in alphabetical order for ease of reference) ape; ass; baboon; bear; cat; cow; dog; donkey; d… more

• Flat-footed flair From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1423 days old)

  I have noticed on numerous occasions that designer-label people, so comme il faut in every other aspect of their appearance, nonetheless walk with their feet turned outwards. This seeming anomaly p… more

• Smashing Fun at the Rubbish Chute From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1424 days old)

  Now I should be honest with you and tell you that I don’t always try to get back inside my front door before the rubbish hits bottom. If there are bottles in the bag, I sometimes wait around in the… more

• Punching above our weight From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1426 days old)

  As a teacher of the international language, hailing from the capital of what was once the most powerful nation on Earth, I hold certain views about my country. While not all of these may be good, … more

• A world without trousers From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1431 days old)

  Imagine if, instead of the configuration we all know and live with, the Good Lord had seen fit to create us with one head, two arms and two wheels. What would women wear in place of tights? Would m… more

• How can people just bite into a raw tomato like that? From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1431 days old)

  How many times in your life have you mentioned to someone that you don't like a particular foodstuff, only to receive the smug response: "You don't know what you're missing!" Well, actually, yes, I… more

• Mind into Matter From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1431 days old)

  What would our minds look like if they could take on human form? Mine would be the slightly down-at-heel bloke who sits in the corner of the doctor's waiting room, coughing. Under the poster off… more

• …and then I kissed her From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1432 days old)

  The Horse and I have just come back from dining on sushi. This is a treat we permit ourselves every couple of weeks or so and, luckily for us, we live about 10 minutes’ walk away from what is unquesti… more

• Claustrofluoride From tadpoles in Home is where The Horse is (1433 days old)

  A must for all those who've ever wondered what it would be like to have been born as toothpaste. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel… more

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