Been busy
Sorry for not being about lately sometimes life just gets busy , got offered a new position closer to home that is saving me £100.00…
Gregory Peck Was a Chicken
In my 13th year, as I was walking home from school one day, I heard my name being called. Awoman, a friend of my mother…
“The Queens are Bashing the Cops:” Forty Years Later ©.
I wrote the following piece in 2009 on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City which occurred on this day in…
Happy Fathers Day
I want to thank all fathers around the world in this life and those, like mine, residing in heaven and say Happy Fathers Day. I…
Seaglass Surprise
Whilst on holiday in Northumberland I spotted an event just north of the border. A lovely young lady was at an exhibition showing her beautiful…
Grandad not amused
Grandad asleep in his ‘comfy chair’. Seven year old grandson arrives: “Grandad! Grandad! Wake up!” Grandad opens eyes lazily, “What! Where’s the fire?” Grandson: “Not…
New Wine
I am a winemaker. I have made wine every vintage since 1984. This is a little essay I wrote in the Autumn of 2007. Hope…
Most Beautiful Sight
I’ve titled my blog ‘Most Beautiful Sight’ because that was indeed one of the highlights of our cruise experience. I did indeed see something that…
Just say Hello
Stop saying, Hi how are you?, or hows things? Or Hows your day? Unless you really want to know, and have time, empathy, heart and head…
June Hailstones
It IS June- right? Flaming June. A strange day. Sun, heat, then….woooosh…..I had to run out to the garden and take in lots of stuff…
