Lockdown, Lies and Revelations!
Lockdown has probably led us all to discover things about ourselves and the people we live with. Some of our discoveries may be more palatable than others. Last week I was putting my recycling [...]
A Useless Eater?
What do you call a boat full of lawyers at the bottom of the sea? So the joke goes, "a good start". At this point we are all supposed to laugh heartily and heave [...]
My Dots Are Raised
The oven packed up. Why does this always happen when you have chopped up enough vegetables to sustain an anaerobic digester for a week? That's what happened. At the point of realisation, I switched [...]
Twenty Questions
A good part of my life is spent on matters to do with #Fund Raising. It's a tough old game so I'm sympathetic to anyone faced with the challenge and especially if it’s something [...]
The Hairy Eared Hound
Children's literature is the best. When The Son was growing up, I loved reading to him. I do a pretty passable #Eeyore. Some have even commended me on my #Piglet. That's another story involving [...]
Blind Date
"I guess that not being able to see makes dating a whole lot easier," a one-time only dinner date suggested. "I mean. It wouldn't matter to you what people look like. You could be [...]
The Long Way Round
What could be nicer than to live it up with a couple of friends, eat canapés (not part of my five a day), drink an immodest glass of wine, then work it all off [...]
You Can Never Have Enough Dachshunds
The Old Bag rang me up to say that she and her slobbering side kick were in festive mood and would I like a drink? I said I would and that she should come [...]
Jobs For The Girls
"Get a job with a pension" was the plea of Alan Pickering's' parents. He did. He became a pensions guru. Someone has to do it and there is no reason why a man without [...]
Knocking On Doors
The drama of elections is not all it's cracked up to be. It's largely tedium and data entry. I'm sure about this. I've been out canvassing over two elections. I'm even in a WhatsApp [...]