Dear all,

because it's the 260th birthday of Admiral Collingwood today and because we're geeks from the "Old Cuddy Fanclub", Molly Joyful started a relief auction for the victims of the flood in his home village of Morpeth.

The first item that will be sold is a story by Emma Collingwood, beautifully handwritten on handmade paper. It's absolutely ( Read more... )

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I loathe Christmas shopping with a vengeance. Few things manage to make me want to go on a mad killing spree - but the idea of having to go buy presents in a city full of people bent on doing the same is one of them. Also, I'm sure that salesmen during the Christmas season are mentioned somewhere in the Geneva Conventions. If they're not, they ( Read more... )