We've had a couple of good dinners lately. On Thursday night we had roast duck bordellaise with apple & walnut stuffing, beetroot and lyonnaise potatoes. All of that was washed down with some spectacular wine going as far back as 1974. Although the '74 was no longer with us, there was a '92 and a '96 that both went down very well. Last night we had smoked ham hock that I poached in stock and then roasted with a honey and mustard glaze, we had this with sweet potato mash, parsnips and carrots. Once again it was accompanied by fine wine.

I am being left comments to Google Tom Rymour.

I have been Googling Tom Rymour for some time now. Tom Rymour is a play on Thomas the Rhymer, otherwise known as Thomas Learmont. Thomas the Rhymer was around in the 13^th century and has achieved a legendary status. It is said that as a child he was carried away to the Faerie Land where he acquired knowledge beyond human capability. He was kept by the Queen of Faëry for seven years before being allowed to return to earth to astonish his fellow human beings.

He was known as a poet but regarded as a prophet. One day whilst reclining and making merry with his folk in the Tower of Ercildoune, it was reported that a hart and a hind had wondered into the village, the prophet followed the animals into the forest and was never seen again.

And so Learmonts are descendants of Thomas the Rhymer. It's comforting to know that of all the prophets and Gods that are, ours could just be the one that returns to save us from ourselves. It is believed that he still resides in the Faerie Land and is expected to return one day.

My Uncle Tommy writes under the alias Tom Rymour, he recently published an online novel titled After the Eclipse which is set in the radio-active desert that Africa has become in 2235, where a few hundred thousand black aristocrats rule over a white trash population of 6 million people. We have witch craft, prophecy, shamanism, sex and violence; for those interested in something different.

Does Uncle Tommy see himself as the return of Thomas the Rhymer and has the prophet returned?