cherry season in NI

On my walk yesterday, I found that the cherries growing at the side of Springfield road were at their perfect stage of ripeness.

Had a snack... 

Updates

 Just now updating my blog. 

Besides being away from it for too long, many of the links were obsolete. I've just got rid of a lot of them. I had a very long list of links to other blogs that I used to follow, a lot of them no longer existent. Rather sad. I spent many hours at sites such as Next Wave, etc. I'm surprised that archaeologists weren't using my site to study the history of the Internet!

Also I've added links to a couple of my more recent books.

I should issue a disclaimer: I don't have an obsession with rats. It isn't lost on me that two of my recent series include "rat" in the title. Only the most recent series features actual rats. Had I written Rat Queen first, I wouldn't have named the earlier series Rats in the Cellar. That one isn't about rats at all, but only as a metaphor.

Limerick Time

Reinventing the Wheel

  when willie reinvented the wheel

  we all laughed and called him a schlmiel

      then it so happened

      that he took out a patten

  now it's his licence fees that make us reel

French

  A lass named Polly McKenzie

  Took French, because it was trendy

     When asked to romance

      a gentleman from France

  she went into a parles vous frenzie 

  Parisian life he offered, she took it,

  but now, she's a pity to look at

      'cause dear Polly, poor wench

      all she'd learned of her French

  was 'silver plate' and 'mercy bucket'

The Perfect Program

The Perfect Program

  A world where it doesn't rain

  save there are umbrellas for all

  Where, only on the house of the evil doer,

  would a tree ever fall

  Where bad people look gruff and mean,

  but good men all stand tall

  ...in your dreams, maybe

  A life of harmony and love that begins with just one kiss

  Where all is well that ends well,

  and ever after we'll live in bliss

  When good things come to those who wait,

  with never even a miss

  ...only on TV

 No matter the problem,

 we're sure there's always a way

  Nothing but nothing is impossible to those who dare to say

  'Human brawn and whit, my friends,

  will surely save the day'

  ...hee hee hee

  A Chicken in every pot,

 a pot on every table

  Justice for all, and a job

  for everyone who's able

  I'll just wave my wand

  and make the economy stable

  ...vote for me

   What we do will save the world

  from poverty and despair

 We'll right all wrongs and adjust the scales

  so everything is fare

  We'll punish the bad, reward the good,

  and show the poor we care  

  ...wait and see

      ...just wait and see

  Well, we abolished humanity because it's bad

Some said, 'Oh my! Why, that's so sad!'

  But really, it's the only choice we had

  ...for a perfect world, you see