US 1 – Grandpa Tales or Cute Little Jugs of Genes

As I said I am a native born Bloke – I am British and Yank raised American. I lived in England (Birmingham, Warwickshire) for four years before I came to America – and I have lived here for the better part of my life ever since. But I am profoundly proud of my British ancestry, but as such I am prey to the consequences of one of the most confused gene pools that has ever existed. Continue reading “US 1 – Grandpa Tales or Cute Little Jugs of Genes”

Let Me Tell You a Story 1 – A Singer of Songs

If I have any credence at all, it’s because I won the heart of of the most beautiful woman in the world; fathered six great children; and I am by both nature and profession a teacher. Or to borrow a quote from a great old movie  Spartacus (Kirk Douglas, Stanley Kubrink and Dalton Trumbo – 1960)  – “I am a singer of songs – stories.” Continue reading “Let Me Tell You a Story 1 – A Singer of Songs”