Put a group of seniors together and it is not long before someone  says…. There is no taste in the food these days. I always wonder if this statement is actually true. So I’m posing this blog as an informal survey, I’m wondering if everyone does agree that food does not taste the same  as is fond […]

In the mid-1960s some friend accompanied me on a ride from Colchester to Welwyn Garden City where the world famous Glen Millar Orchestra, which had been reformed was to perform – It was a magical night for followers of the Big Band Sound! We were not disappointed for the band played all original Glen Millar […]

With the internet and all the questionable, supposed information being posted by established media and blogs and just kooks on Youtube and elsewhere, how do others determine what to read and how to decide if it is believeable. It seems that severe skeptisism is necessary to try to find truth of all that is being […]

I have already been asked what “Op” shops are – Well I should explain that years ago they would be been called second-hand shops, but there is that old feeling often totally justifiable – that 2nd hand stores are usually pretty grotty shops full of aged furniture and bedding. Certainly, the first “OP” shop was […]

A few years ago, Lynne Truss, a literary editor wrote a book….Eats Shoots & Leaves. It is a surprisingly good read, given that it describes its self as, the zero tolerance approach to punctuation! Writing is not quite the same as speaking and we all  know mistakes lurk for the unaware. Committing a written faux […]

Many years ago (1947) to be precise, my Father was acting as the Brightlingsea reporter for two of the local News Papers The East Essex Gazette and the East Anglian Daily times. The Gazette being the local weekly, had always insisted in getting the latest news with all possible haste, often in two parts, and […]

Glancing at my TV last night, my attention was drawn to what I can only describe as a “Magical” sight, it was news footage of the prototype of the vessell to be entered by the New York Yacht club in the America’s Cup which I believe is to take place in New Zealand waters sometime […]

I live in a semi-rural village in Essex. By semi-rural, I mean it was once rural, and is now tacked on to the edge of a major town. Life has changed immensely. Only 30 years ago it still had a very much village feel. Hedgerows and nature was dominant, housing was well spread out and […]

I am rethinking time, or did I really ever think of time properly before, or did you?  I am well into my senior years and just resolved to consider time much more seriously. Fortunately, I am not regretting my misspent youth nor am I thinking of things that I never did. I am okay with […]

I have been running my computer, the one I have used for 10 years or more. and during that time I have had the odd hiccup, but nothing serious enough to need the help of a technician. I run various programs to help keep the machine running smoothly, the main one being Reimage and haven’t […]