I think one key diagnostic is that it is Russia that is in control of whether the fighting stops. Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire - with no conditions - back in March, and the fighting continues nine m… (View Post)

My wife and I were discussing what to have for Christmas Dinner, before we were both ill, and can't to the consultation that there was enough we wanted to include for two full roast dinners, and… (View Post)

I think this is very unfair on Zelensky and the many people in Europe and across the world who are thinking about the Ukrainians fighting to defend their freedom. The threat to Europe is that if we l… (View Post)

You jest, but these are the words of the President of the United States to a couple of kids (age 4 and 10) this evening calling the Santa-tracking NORAD hotline. WE TRACK SANTA ALL OVER THE WORLD AND… (View Post)

Well, if we're lucky, I will be feeling well enough to make potato gratin to eat with sausages and cauliflower for dinner tomorrow. (We've frozen the ham we intended to eat in order to have… (View Post)