A small parcel arrived in the post late last week, sent entirely out of kindness by one of those beloved wargamer friends that we haven’t ye...

Not much to say about these chaps except that I painted them for MS Foy, proprietor of Prometheus in Aspic, in return for many kindnesses he...

Last month and a bit ago I entered Max Foy’s photo competition  and was delighted to win my choice of some lovely prizes.   Being late to th...

“What’s this?” I asked Madame Padre, pointing to a fattish brown envelope sitting on the counter under a mound of 2015 New Years sales flyer...

I have several Santas to thank this year. Before I do, it seems that my photo bug has returned.  So, I include two versions of each pictur...

… whoever you are! This is now under the tree.  I hope I can wait until Christmas! Blessings, MP+

Last week, in the midst of a busy and tiring week, I was buoyed to come home and find an unexpected parcel from my favourite imaginary place...

  Goodness, I haven’t written a wish list to Santa since I was much much younger!   This year, since I’m involved in the Secret Santa proj...

Chris Stoesen is a good chap.    He’s a talented historian and scenario designer, runs an eclectic and interesting blog . and a budding auth...

I was quite saddened to learn that while I had strayed from the Interwebs this winter I had missed the deadline f or a contest to win the hi...

What ho, folks.  That capital artist fellow, Pete, has a splendid contest going at his blog , where you are invited to come up with a name f...

Last year was a productive year, if lacking in any one dominant hobby theme for me.   After a very disruptive 2013, which saw a military pos...

I have a lot to be grateful for this Christmas, and as part of that, I want to tell you the story of three people, members of our wargaming ...

 Image from the British Army website, here . My blogging friend Chris Stoesen is to thank for getting me involved in the is year’s Santa ...

This shameless image of a kitten reflects my general state these last four days after I turned in the last of my three term papers for this ...