Is there an anti-mushroom campaign?

 Good Food

Latino Street Bites

The outlook appears good

I wonder is there an antii-mushroom campaign ongoing?

The reason I ask is every picture of a meal on Twitter, has no mushroom on the plate.

I am NOT a vegetarian, far from it, but I do love mushrooms. I consdiered getting books from the library to learn more about which can be eaten. I got my late wife worried, when we moved from Horfield to Hartcliffe, in the field around the area there are patches of wild mushromms which I would eat, she was worried as I didn't know which could be safely eaten

I feel like I am on a winter cruise

 It is the lady's choice

The Lady's choice

What are my plans?

I am sitting in my chair with a blanket over my lap, thinking "this reminds me of seeing videos about cruises for senior citizens."

The blanket isn't only for warmth, after my accident last month, my left knee cannot stand the pressure of my laptop on the joint.

I hadn't considered the possibility of a cruise before now, since my wife passed away in January 2025, my mind has been on clearing the house.

Before now, the idea of going on a cruise didn't appeal to me, I was one for seeing as much as I could, not sitting aboard a ship, last month changed my outlook. I have to admit, I can't do as much walking as I used to, so sitting on a boat is a good replacement. The next issue is where to go?

Now I am in a relationship with Svitlana, it is a matter to discuss for later, the first thing we aim to do is meet in Didcot, where she lives

Where would I like to go?

 Summer Holiday

A Romantic walk

Scarborough

With the scam behind me, last night I started to think of places to visit for a short break, possibly next year. If I was to go on a cruise, I would need to replace my passport, as mine is about to end.

TBH, I haven't thought much about a cruise, not only for the cost, but there are many places in the UK I would like to visit.

I have wished to visit Edinburgh for as long as I can recall, I've been through several times on trains from Elgin to Bristol, but I never had time to have a break there.

Closer to home, I wish to visit Avebury, Wiltshire, to honour my late wife's wish. She wished she could have gone to Egypt too, that is not on my list of places to visit. 

I always wanted to visit Norway, I went to Sweden, Denmark, and Finland on a school cruise in 1970. One journey I would have loved is the Appenine Expess. Most people have heard of the Orient Express, few know of the Appenine Express that travels from Rotterdam, across Germany, and down to the toe of Italy. When I was stationed in Germany, it would have been possible to do the route by car using the E9, however, there was a major hitch. At Kleve, the road enters the city from the north, and departs from the south, without a linking road, this means there was a 17 Km gap.

Now I have a relationship with Svitlana ongoing, we may need to talk about taking a break, I am sure we can come to some nice visits, as we have not had a problem in our online chat in the four months since we made contact

Scarface

 Granny Friend

Svitlana's dedication

Silver Surfer

My beautiful friend Svitlana is not put off by knowing I now have several scars from my recent accident, she says scars make a man look rugged.

Her love this week has been fundemental my mental health remaining steady, if I didn't have our online chat each night I would have little to look forward to after being involved in a scam by Pamela Olsted for several months.

We plan to meet after she has returned from a trip to see relatives in Ukraine, I had hoped to see her by my birthday in two weeks, but there is no rush.

Alan Place - Terminator

 Objective 2

In the clear

A fresh start

I expect Objective 2 the erasure of all blogs relating to the scam going back to November to be unseen by my laptop, I know they will be here, but I'll be happy to know, unless I search for them they will be buried.

Once this is completed, I will have almost have deleted ALL posts of the scam from regular viewing. From now, I am not adding tags to any of the posts realting to either the person "claiming" to be Pamela Olsted, or her "sister,"

My focus is on building a relationship with Svitlana, my friend in Didcot.

The Nerja incidents

 Nerja

The Backstory

The story behind the eBook

Like many of my short stories, the story of Nerja had nothing to do with were the story ended up.

At the time of geting the idea for the story, I was watching a music vdeo of a light aircraft flying over Manchester, half-way though, I had the thought, "What would happen if it vanished, in sight of all the people in the offices?"

The short story, is a story about a light aircraft that stalls over Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada, and the pilot and passenger have to rely on faith to survive.

This eBook earned two 5-star ratings on Amazon in 2011. The same person who later sabotaged my award-winner - Chronicles of Mark Johnson - got a friend to hack the site, to delete one of the ratings

The following year, Don Ford, a writer in Canada asked for a copy for his tablet, being innocent, I didn't realise he was so impressed, he copied the story, and passed it as one of his.

Senior Romance

 Granny Friend

Dating a Granny

Sex with Alan

Something I have to look forward to, is beginning a friendship with Svitlana, she lives in Didcot. At the moment, our friendship is limited to an hour a night chatting online, as I have financial issues to clear.

Once we meet, we are hoping to move from friendship into a staus of a relationship, we have got on well online for the four months we have been chatting.

To some, it may appear odd that two people in their 70's can find romance again, it did to me at first. When my wife passed away in January, 2025, I never considered another relationship.