Take my Hethersett Herald. I much prefer reporting on good things and the positive side of village life.
Of course this isn't always possible as sometimes what happens in the village makes me angry and needs commenting on.
Usually any vitriol I do have is aimed at organisations rather than individuals and when this happens I like to feel that I'm standing up for the village and it's residents.
I also try to get to as many village events as possible. So yesterday popped along to a craft fair at Hethersett Hall. That's the second visit in three days after the art exhibition. The hall is becoming such an integral part of village life.
I only took a handful of photos this time but hope you enjoy them. When I visit the hall I often try to imagine it when it was a private residence. It was owned for many years by the Back family. It's a very large and imposing building.
The last owner may have been a relative of mine although to date I've not found a connection. I have written about Sir William Steward before and I'm sure I will again, but for now let's move on.
After lunch at the Queen's Head, I had a look round the new pavilion where we will be holding The Friends of Hethersett Library's children's party tomorrow afternoon. It is rumoured that a certain rotund person with a long white beard will be present - but enough about me.
When I wasn't at a craft fair or in the pub yesterday I was making corrections to our book on Le Paradis Massacre. By this time next week it will be finished. It's been a long drawn out process but the finish line is now in sight.
Which takes me onto Wednesday after I had put the latest Hethersett Herald online. I drove into Norwich and met with Cousin Clive and here's a thing. We went for a drink to The Murderers Pub in the city centre. This pub has two names. It's both The Murderers and the Gardener's Arms. And yes it does have photos of Murderers on the wall. But no history lesson tonight. Just details of a spot of luck I had.
I went to the bar and ordered two pints. The barman disappeared and came back with two dice and a shaker.
"It's dice night. There's no charge to take part. If you throw a double you get 25% off your drinks. If you throw a double six your drinks are free."
I threw a double six. Apparently the chances of throwing a double six with two dice are 36-1. I was probably the only person to do it that night.
We often play a dice game by the name of Farkle. It features six dice and in a game we played in America on our last visit I threw six sixes and apparently the odds for doing that are 46,656-1.
After our stroke of luck in the Murderers or The Gardener's if you are a bit squeamish, we went to hear Lord Richard Dannatt talk about his new book Victory To Defeat The British Army 1918-1940. It was an interesting talk and afterwards we got copies of the book signed and now all I have to do is read it.
Lord Dannatt is very aware of the massacre at Le Paradis and he expressed pleasure in the fact that we now have a permanent monument to those that died. This is in Norwich Cathedral Close if you ever get the chance to visit.
Much of his book surrounds the way the British Army fell apart in 1940, leading to the evacuation at Dunkirk. The people we are writing about in our book were trying to hold German troops at bay so the evacuation could take place.