Tag Archives: Blogging

Back Again? Maybe

Posted on January 3, 2023 by fitzjameshorse

I have not blogged in months. Energy levels are low. And blogging monthly on the Deaths during the Troubles (Decade of Half Centenaries) was depressing …at times at a very personal level. Also the Stormont Election in May was so … Continue reading →

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Slugger O’Toole…You Couldn’t Make It Up

Posted on June 23, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

I note that Mick Fealty begins one of his posts with “Say what you like about Brian Feeney”, the nationalist minded journalist. I think Mr Fealty is being ironic. I was tempted to reply “can I say what I like … Continue reading →

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The Slugger Shilling

Posted on November 9, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

As many of you will have noticed, I have written three or four posts on Slugger O’Toole in the past three months. This does not mean that I have taken the Slugger O’Toole Shilling or gone over to the Dark … Continue reading →

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FitzjamesHorse Rides Again…Again

Posted on November 9, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

I have not blogged since July. One of the things that always surprises me is signing into “Keeping an Eye on the Czar of Russia” is the stats …people really do read this Blog. I find this literally awesome …a … Continue reading →

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If William Caxton Had Never Invented The Internet…

Posted on February 11, 2017 by fitzjameshorse

If William Caxton had never invented the Internet (or the Printing Press as we used to call it), things would have been so much easier. There would be no Fake News such as a Blogger like me saying that William … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Hero: Mrs FitzjamesHorse

Posted on July 31, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

No greater love has a retired man than getting his working wife out to her work every morning at 7.30am…before he goes back to bed for a couple of hours. On Friday, I did that for the last time. Mrs … Continue reading →

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A Bad Day

Posted on May 6, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Early tallies are often unreliable. But sometimes patterns emerge. I am not at any count. I was out and about all day yesterday….West Belfast in the morning, South Belfast in afternoon and North Belfast in the evening. Any agency trying … Continue reading →

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Blogging Is A Funny Old Game

Posted on February 3, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

I have now been publishing this Blog for four and a half years and I still dont understand how it works. Things tend to follow a pattern and yet sometimes there is no pattern. I blogged on Sunday night about … Continue reading →

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250,000…And One

Posted on October 1, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Overnight, “Keeping An Eye On The Czar of Russia” passed 250,000 Views. I am kinda pleased. This blog was set up four years ago and has now been seen on a quarter of a million occasions. But I have been … Continue reading →

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Blogging: Normal Service Has Been Resumed

Posted on May 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Apologies for little of consequence appearing on this Blog in the past few days. A member of the household was hospitalised but is now back home and doing well. This means that with just 36 hours left until the polling … Continue reading →

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