Pie a la Mode

—The Obscure Penguin— In the eighties Peggy and Rodney Collier came to visit my wife and me in England.  For those who have followed The Obscure Penguin, you know that Rodney and I hitchhiked to the Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic in 1976 as our celebration for graduating from Amarillo College.  If you remember […]

Accents Across The Pond

— The Obscure Penguin — I arrived in Cirencester, England in the eighties,  The beautiful Cotswolds!  I got a job at an electronics factory making capacitors. They store energy and blah blah blah. The point is they were made of something like old analog tape, rolled in a certain way and wrapped tight. Then they’re […]

The Great Cirencester Cheese Mystery

— The Obscure Penguin — You may not believe this story but it is absolutely true. If you are so minded you can attribute it to coincidence but I can assure you, considering how the pieces fell together, coincidence had nothing to do with it. Without knowing how to describe the workings of things beyond […]