Author: lcarlson

Despite our warning about Gloucester Cheese Rolling, we like cheese, especially watching it age

Two days ago we spoke negatively about the Gloucester Cheese Rolling. It’s not that we don’t like cheese. We like cheese — unlike the winner of this year’s cheese rolling. “Gloucestershire cheese-rolling...

Gloucester Cheese Rolling – yesterday – not for dull men

On a steep hill, Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire, 5,000 people turned out yesterday to...

NY man kills wife for cooking wrong dinner

NYers are particular about their food. But isn’t not this going too far: “NY man kills his wife for cooking the wrong dinner”? She should have married a dull man; dull men don’t do things like...

Today: World Turtle Day

May 23 — same date every year — 2014 is the 14th year for this event How will you be celebrating?...

Episode 4 of “Potato Fields of Norfolk”

It is now harvest time

Albert Einstein
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein
Edward R. Murrow
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow
Hoagy Carmichael
"Slow motion gets you there faster"

~ Hoagy Carmichael
Marilyn Thomsen
"While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary"

~ Marilyn Thomsen
testi 1
“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”
testi 2
“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”
testi 3
“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”
testi 4
“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers