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Recipes, innit.
Rather unexpectedly, some of you have asked about our favourites from the (149+) dishes I've cooked in the last year. Being a bit of a...
Mr H
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Week 45: Who Froze Roger Rabbit?
Fate, Chaos and Pestilence are sitting on a log in one of the Circles of Hell pondering the upcoming, Annual Diablo Awards. ”Pestilence...
Mr H
Jan 11, 20216 min read
Week 44: Morph’s Code
Gin (so called because she is 90% the clear liquid and 10% human) and I are out walking Milo (the Spaniel) when a text message arrives...
Mr H
Jan 4, 20215 min read
Week 43: Undead Dolly
"Dad, can I make you up like a Goth?", asked GT (Girl Teenager), who regularly styles herself on Robert Smith from The Cure. Dad is awash...
Mr H
Dec 28, 20206 min read
Week 42: The Tiers of a Clown
You put the whole of London in. The whole of London out. In, out, in out and bugger everyone about. You do the Covid-cokey, And shut the...
Mr H
Dec 21, 20204 min read
Week 41: Fog
“Chunky?” ”Yes mate?” ”Did you know that dogs can be autistic?” ”I did not know this. But wait a minute, that might explain his eating...
Mr H
Dec 14, 20205 min read
Week 40: Growing Pains
“Chunky?” ”Yes mate?” ”I haven’t got any trousers that fit” ”Eh? We only bought you new ones a couple of months ago?” ”Yeah, well the...
Mr H
Dec 7, 20205 min read
Week 39: Slug!
”Well isn’t your puppy adorable! How has he changed the family dynamic?” We are on a Zoom session with Alison, the Psychologist assigned...
Mr H
Nov 30, 20205 min read
Week 38: Total Recall
“Milo. Come!” His handsome little face appears from behind a bush. Gin (so called due to her sterling work to make it the National Drink...
Mr H
Nov 23, 20204 min read
Week 37: Mr Luvva Luvva
Gin (so called because she is a one-woman festival of the distilled liquid) is sitting on the sofa with Milo the pup’s ”Settle” towel...
Mr H
Nov 16, 20205 min read
Week 36: The Minced Don
Milo (the Springer-Cocker (or Sprocker) pup) and I arrive home, having followed his nose for 45 minutes around Farthing Downs. We’ve...
Mr H
Nov 9, 20206 min read
The Reverend Boles
My favourite poet as a kid, and to this day, was Spike Milligan. His Silly Verse delighted me, with his stories of Mary Pugh (she was...
Mr H
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Week 35: Freddie Mercury
It’s 12.30am and everyone is asleep except me. You can‘t hear a pin drop; there's no one about to drop one. For that matter, you couldn’t...
Mr H
Nov 2, 20205 min read
Week 34: Run Forest, Run!
“Fetch!” I lob a tennis ball for the Puppo (a 14 week old Spaniel called Milo) to chase. He bounds after it, bouncing enthusiastically as...
Mr H
Oct 26, 20205 min read
Week 33: A Trifling Matter
GT (Girl Teenager) is standing in the hall having just walked home from the station after college. Unusually, she doesn’t resemble Robert...
Mr H
Oct 19, 20205 min read
Week 32: Thomas!
GT (Girl Teenager), dressed in a leopard-print onesie, is tending Milo the Mad (the Spaniel puppo) whilst I am pottering about in the...
Mr H
Oct 13, 20205 min read
Week 31: Hurricane Season
“So at how many months old do Working Cocker Spaniels slow down a bit? Six?” There’s a pause before the reply comes. ”About 10 years“. We...
Mr H
Oct 5, 20204 min read
Week 30: Tension
I’m in the kitchen, steel polish in hand, finishing the cleaning of the range cooker. I’m feeling a bit choked-up as I squirt what...
Mr H
Sep 28, 20205 min read
Week 29: Woof Bark
"Are you the guy that has given me £200 deposit for our male Cocker Spaniel puppy?” My heart sinks. Don‘t tell me we are about to be...
Mr H
Sep 22, 20205 min read
Week 28: Dreamy Dacia
Chaos and Fate are sitting on a log in one of the circles of hell. ”Seen Pestilence lately?” asks Fate. ”She’s busy tweaking that...
Mr H
Sep 14, 20204 min read
A JOURNEY WITH MR H (HOUSE HUSBAND & CARER)
The musings of a born-again Cook & Bottle Washer (now with added Dog)
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