Thank you all for taking the time to comment - and Dale, so sorry to hear about your loss.
I've finished - hope sincerity helps. posted 4 weeks ago
He had primary liver cancer, which is pretty much a death sentence, diagnosed a few weeks ago.
It's easy, at the very least, to sound sincere - he was a wonderful man. posted 4 weeks ago#
My godfather died last Friday, aged only 61, and I'm trying to write a letter to my godmother. Such a bloody awful thing to try to write, to convey real love and sympathy without sounding trite or patronising. posted 4 weeks ago
The pulled a fast one, yes. Guy Fawkes' Night celebrates th failure of the Gunpowder Plot, including burning a "Guy" on a bonfire. posted 5 weeks ago
That's not generally a problem in the UK. And certainly not this year - it was clear tonight, when we were setting ours off, but the soil and everything was soaked. posted 5 weeks ago#
While you get some professional, large-scale fireworks at New Year's Eve here, I've not come across people doing their own at Christmas or New Year - and I've not seen them for sale at that time, either. posted 5 weeks ago#
Better late than never! The few weeks around November is when fireworks are easily available here - I'm sure you can buy them at other times, but this time of year they are everywhere. posted 5 weeks ago#
None of my hubs are Amazon-review types, but I'm lucky, I seem to do rather well. Not as much as adsense, but this month so far, $25, and about $50 last month. posted 5 weeks ago
In the end, I decided it was a subject better suited to my blog, and did two articles - one about modern celebrations, and one about the Gunpowder Plot itself.
We had our fireworks today, at my parents' place. I... posted 5 weeks ago
I don't know where the sales came from. I can guess - for example, the DVD of "The Other Boleyn Girl" is clearly from my Henry VIII hub. A book about the history of 'flu is equally obviously from my Bird 'flu... posted 5 weeks ago
