When I first came on to this site I was neutral. I was the jester. Over the years people have pulled some of my history out of me and my site persona has been changed. I have been, on occasion, forced back into what I was. The person I have been trying to erase. Sometimes […]

What is it with me and dogs? Why do I always get the lunatics? Take the latest little monster, Jack. Jack Russell/Cocker Spaniel cross. White and grey like a lot of Jack Russell’s, but soft fur like a spaniel……and the lunacy and energy of both breeds. I came across Jack on a dog rescue website […]

Until I came down with cataracts vision imparement was something I considered as an abstract. Something suffered by others. To be taken account of, but not really worried about. I have always had good vision, which I have used to good, or bad, purpose depending on your political opinion. Recently (January 2015) I had need […]

Last summer I observed some very noisy youths outside a pub in our town centre. Yobs, some called them, but look closer. See the short haircuts, some limping perhaps? Watch the eyes. Always moving, observing. I’ve seen those eyes before. They are the eyes of those not long out of a combat zone. Always wary. […]

I was listening to an old Cat Stevens track called as per title above and it occurred to me that these days there is nowhere they can. In my youth we were free and safe to run in the grass and the woods, but over the years the concrete encroaches on the wilds, it pushes […]

I found this buried in an old tome at the back of a very old library in Germany many years ago. At first I thought it was some kind of Catholic religious treatise, but I have seen very similar statements since that have come from all corners of the world and from all times, often […]

The Mad Pup is starting to treat The Terrorist with a little more respect these days. OK it took The Terrorist biting her ear to do it, but certainly more respect. I suspect a tad more respect is now on the way. The Mad Pup has a Frisbee. My son throws it and she takes […]

This day in 1944 3 of my uncles and my father moved towards the Normandy coast. My uncles were in the Army. my father in the Royal Navy. All had to hold for 24 hours, waiting for the weather to clear a bit. For the waves to get down below 6 feet so the DD […]

I’ve been on this site now for over 6 years. In that time I’ve seen members come and go. Some friends, others merely a name. I will not be naming anyone, but some of our longer standing members may recognise either a friend or possibly themselves. If it’s a friend, I hope I was kind […]

Many years ago, when I was another person and considerably fitter, some friends and I were in our local pub. It had just been re-done in a semi-medieval sort of décor. All alcoves and different floor levels. One of the guys went to buy a round (shows how long ago it was, I mean who […]