HERE'S ASKING YOU .......

Well it seems that lots has been happening since I last got around to visiting you. My apologies that I haven't been around as much, nothing terrible has happened and I am quite well, thank you for all your concern. We have had Lisa, our young friend from Germany staying, and keeping up with an active 15 year old is proving great fun but very tiring. 


Anyway, some bloggy news from some of my blogger buddies.

It was with great sadness that I read Misha's FAREWELL POST. A good blogger buddy and FaceBook friend of mine for quite a while  Misha has been going through a rough patch for some time now and has decided to bid a farewell to blogging. Though I shall of course miss Misha, I understand that her health must come first and wish her well.

On a more positive note ........

I was delighted to hear that another good blogger buddy of mine Dorte of DJSKRIMIBLOG has had her novel published.

A humorous cosy mystery, set in Yorkshire 2010.


The vicious attacks begin when the prodigal son of Knavesborough, Mark Baldwin, returns to the sleepy village after forty years in Argentina, fully equipped with fame, fortune and effeminate butler.


Small wonder that the spiteful nosey parker Rose Walnut-Whip is stabbed, but how could the murderer get away with shattering the perfect, English tearoom idyll in front of twenty villagers?


Constable Archibald Penrose is in dire need of assistance as his superior, DI Mars-Wrigley, is preoccupied with England´s chances in the football world cup. Penrose´s enthusiastic fiancée, the mint-new librarian Rhapsody Gershwin, is more than willing to help as she sees this as Penrose´s route to promotion (and a welcome raise).

As she is the vicar´s daughter, Rhapsody´s treasure trove of local knowledge may come in handy, and to be perfectly honest, the young sleuth may also be a tad curious. And of course the crimes do not stop here. A dangerous criminal is on the lose in Yorkshire. Can the young couple stop the perpetrator in time - Amazon.

A huge fan of Dort'e, THE COSY KNAVE is available from both Amazon and Smashwords  but if you purchase it from Smashwords you can get a 25% discount by using the coupon code PN22N AND in the meantime you can read the first review by clicking HERE. Oh and be sure to check out Dorte's  Relay Race which will be hosted by various different bloggers until August 15th. Check HERE for the start of the race.

Not to forget all of my other blogger buddies though. My apologies once again that I haven't been such a regular visitor, it goes without saying that I've missed reading all your posts and hope to catch up real soon.

HO-HO-HO TO BATTLING PENSIONERS AND A LOAD OF OLD RUBBISH.

Not that I would ever condone violence BUT just as knights of old would joust to win the fair-hand of a maiden it seems the traditional horse has been replaced by the more modern mobility scooter. 

MOBILITY SCOOTERS AT DAWN. A love triangle involving two pensioners ended in violence when an old romantic punched his love rival - as he trundled along on his mobility scooter.

Lloyd Shea, 67, flew at Michael Blick, 69, shouting 'If I can't have her, nobody else will'  before striking him twice in the face after seeing him leave his ex-fiancee's home.- The Daily Mail (29/07/2011)

And now for my next trick .......

A magician's street show was reaching its climax before it was brought to an abrupt end by a street warden who said he could be prosecuted for littering.

Kenneth Lightfoot's grand finale involved 'magically hurling' a playing card on to a roof 80ft away.

But the warden told the magician that if the card fell to the ground he could be in trouble. - The Telegraph (29/07/2011) Read more in the Mail by clicking HERE.

As if the year isn't going fast enough ...

SHOP OPENS CHRISTMAS DEPARTMENT.Oxford Street, London, on a 25C day is hot enough to make Rudolph wilt and shorten the fuse of the jolliest of Santas.

Fortunately, fans of the Lapland climate - and people afflicted by an extreme approach to shopping - can now seek sanctuary in the air-conditioned bowels of Selfridges.

Down the escalator, past the talking hamsters, remote-controlled helicopters, cook books and Mulberry bags, lurks the ghost of Christmas-yet-to-come.

A mere 149 (now 143) days before some of the planet celebrates the birth of Christ, the department store opened its 'white-themed Christmas shop' offering everything from union flag baubles (£11.95) to polar bear hats (£40). - Sam Jones, The Guardian (29/07/2011)

A motorist who ripped up a parking ticket in front of the police officer who issued it was promptly charged with littering. - The Telegraph (30/07/2011) Read more in This Is Bristol by clicking HERE.

PLEASE NOTE : Wherever possible I will endeavour to bring you the links to articles I have used in my Media Monday posts but this is not always possible.

YOU HAVE MY WORD.

Apologies, what with few posts and very little visiting I have been a bad, bad blogger buddy of late so I promise from now on .......

Starting tomorrow with a Media Monday post.