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December 16th, 2025 at 09:19am by Alex Miller

House Diary: Yule 2025

‘Tis the season, and it’s Year Two of my Yuletide décor rotational scheme. A couple years ago, I realized I now had way too much in the Yule collection to display everything every year. Rather than delegate some cherished pieces into the outer darkness of nonuse, I devised a three-year plan, where I would pick a theme and then rotate these, repeating every third year. At least this way, everything gets its moment in the sun, even if it has to wait for it.

I chose traditional red Santas for the inaugural year in 2024 – in 2025 it’s the turn of white and burgundy Santas, backed up by a display of holly and poinsettia-themed china. It’s been a fun project, getting my creative juices flowing, and I’m enjoying the process.

October 30th, 2025 at 01:21pm by Alex Miller

House Diary: Halloween 2025

This year’s Halloween display is one for the books, for sure! I’m afraid I went way over budget, a sort of last hurrah as I turn 65 and am shifted from essentially free healthcare via Medicaid, to rather expensive Medicare. Before this milestone becomes a headstone, I made a final foray into seasonal tchotchke.

October 24th, 2025 at 08:43am by Alex Miller

Asteroid Sleuth: The Case of the Detained Dick

At a “No Kings” rally in Fairhope, Alabama on Saturday, 18 October 2025, a 61-year-old-woman in a huge inflatable penis costume, draped in an American flag, carrying a sign reading “No Dick-Tator,” was arrested by police, after refusing to remove the outfit, which authorities deemed “obscene.” Jeana Gamble was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after it took three policemen to wrestle her to the ground and apply the cockring. Errr, handcuffs. There is no reporting on whether pistols were pulled out and cocked. Bystanders suggested the cops had bitten off more than they could chew.

September 7th, 2025 at 09:35am by Alex Miller

Taylor & Travis: A Match Made in Heaven?

Swifties the world over were gob smacked by the announcement on 26 August 2025 that pop icon Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce, were engaged. The couple had been dating for just under two years, a record for Swift, who is noted for the brevity of her entanglements, and the fodder her failed relationships have been for her music career. No date has yet been set for the wedding, but it is not expected to occur before the 2026 Super Bowl, due to her tour commitments and his playing schedule.

September 2nd, 2025 at 11:44am by Alex Miller

Garden Glimpses: The Summer That Was

Well, we’ve passed Labor Day in the US, the unofficial end to summer, so perhaps a review of the season of bloom and fruitfulness is in order. After a very wet spring, July and August have more or less reverted to form in these climate-change times, coming in considerably drier than was the norm in my youth. With a few notable exceptions, however, the summer enjoyed average to somewhat-below-average temperatures, which made the drought seem less … droughty?

August 21st, 2025 at 09:12am by Alex Miller

New Prince Andrew Bio Sends Royal Shockwaves

In his new royal biography, “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,” released 14 August 2025, author Andrew Lownie thoroughly exposes and consistently trashes HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth II’s second son. Andrew is mercilessly depicted as arrogant, self-serving and in denial about his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2021, one of Epstein’s many victims, Virginia Guiffre, brought a civil suit against Andrew, to whom she alleged Epstein had trafficked her at age 17. The suit was settled out of court in March 2022 for a reported $16 million, with a substantial portion of the award to go to Giuffre’s sex trafficking charity.