The 2024 top of the crop had a distinctly thespian theme – gays and the arts. Could it be any more of a cliché? Or maybe it just reflects a need for a distraction in worrying times. Who knows? Also thrown into the mix were celebrating the life of a dearly departed, a fond memory from our lotus-eating days in Turkey, and a few Greek postcards from gorgeous old Corfu Town. Oh, and then there was the little piece about my money-making side hustle as an Only Fans porn star. If only.
For some inexplicable reason, a 2020 post about a game old bird fit for the pot waddling around our modest small holding took off. Why? It’s a mystery.
Also, numbers-wise, Perking the Pansies enjoyed the best year since 2016, so there’s still life in the old blog yet. I thank you.
Happy New Year. Let’s hope for a lot more peace for 2025.











Cottage Ladies
Until modern times, the status of women was Bible-clear – to love, honour and obey – with a particular emphasis on obey. Women had little say and precious few rights, no better than chattels passed from father to husband. The rule makers didn’t see women as sexual beings who had their own drives and juices,…
He’s Behind You – Again
This year’s winter has been more or less the usual tedious diet of dull and damp. So what better way to blow away the blues and lift the spirits than a festive pantomime, cross-dressed in glamour and glitter, sequins and smut? This year, we’ve rather overdosed on the panto lark with three – yes three…
Hamlet or Hamnet? That is the Question
We’ve seen a bunch of films over the last year – some good, some less so. But none have been as powerful as Hamnet. This no-holes-barred historical drama chronicles a pre-fame William Shakespeare: his teenage courtship with the older Agnes Hathaway (AKA Anne), their shotgun wedding after he knocked her up, and their early family…
You have built lots of wonderful memories throughout the year!
Wishing you both peace and happiness in 2025!
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Thank you and back atcha! 😀
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Happy New Year to the two of you and may 2025 be wonderful for you.
Peace? Well, the world is a mess, and my country funds a lot of it. I’m sickened.
And of course we have a new president to look forward to in 11 days.
Make room. I may be moving in.
Nah, I’m more the type to disappear into Mexico.
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And best wish to you. Mexico is looking increasingly attractive 😉
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