Time I introduced myself. I'm a Cymro (what the English call 'Welsh') and older than all but the most respectable hills. I am married with four daughters and I work in a (not very good) university. My enthusiasms are poetry and literature generally, painting, gardening, walking, history (some of it family) and beer - though I do attend a Quaker meeting irregularly. I have a long history of left-wing and national activism. I play table-tennis less and less well and hate gambling in all its forms. Assuming that Buddhism is not a religion, I am probably a Buddhist, though I do not favour smells, bells or saffron robes, coming of a long line of non-conformists, and the shaven head bit seems to be looking after itself. I always take time before I do my introductory para, waiting to see if I feel okay about the site. I seem to like this one, so s'mae (sort of 'howdy') and I hope not to irritate others too much.
