... So, I happened to glance at the calendar today and it occurred to me that November 5th is coming up towards us alarmingly quickly this year. And - hang it all, I hate this business of having to ask for help, but there's very little I can do about the situation on my own especially without a world-hop, and there has to be something we can do ( Read more... )

Oh, bugger it all. It seems like I've completely run out of bandages and of course it had to happen at a time when it's too late to just pop out and get some more. Damn it, it's been three days, I'd been hoping that the damage would have eased off somewhat by now, but I've been getting through these likeI'd rather not have to rip up another shirt ( Read more... )

I suppose it's started, hasn't it? It hardly seems two minutes since Dunkirk but now we've come to this. France has fallen, there's not much we can do for him them from here for now, and the Channel Islands have gone as well, but Germany's having a laugh if they think that we're going to crumble that easily, let alone just lie down and let them ( Read more... )

England was sitting in his living room, the laptop which he'd found in his house only a week ago perched on his knees. (He'd already tried putting it on the table and the arm of his chair, not really comfortable with balancing something on his knees, but it just wasn't easy to use in either of those places, so balancing it in its current position ( Read more... )