Category Archives: My World and As I See It

Well, those who follow this blog may be wondering why they’ve not seen anything new from me for some time, now it can be revealed; but first I’d like to explain why I report personal events after they’ve happened. Some … Continue reading →

…April that is, it’s only the first week and feels like its dragging a bit. First we had the budget, discussed and dissected at length by many more qualified than me; then the fall- out from it. Do politicians like … Continue reading →

Another Easter holiday, four days freezing to death, with temperatures on Easter Monday (in our parts) of 2°. Never mind global warming, early Easters or the next ice age, what (controversial question coming up) is the point of Easter? Yes, … Continue reading →

I’ve never known a colder Easter except for the time in Germany when we were snowed in at a friends house, and that was in April. I suppose the one thing about the weather is that it doesn’t respond to … Continue reading →

The euthanasia argument going around a little while ago centred on the possibility of nefarious families ‘persuading’ the ill person to go quietly so they can afterwards claim their inheritance and rub their hands with glee, thinking of the good … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, courtesy of a suggestion from a friend at my writing club; West Street Writers, I went along to a folk/acoustic club that meets in The Old Courthouse, Cove: http://windmillfolk.co.uk. I took my ax (guitar) and was … Continue reading →

The more I look and listen to ‘the media’, the more I think that broadcasters, producers, journalists, in fact anyone involved with sending out visual, oral or read content publicly are completely out of touch. They are missing a huge … Continue reading →

I wish I’d looked after me computer (with acknowledgement to Pam Ayres) I wish I’d looked after me computer And been able to properly use her I call it her because she can be a bitch Now where’s that off … Continue reading →

….I wonder where the birdies is. The birdies is upon the wing, don’t be obsurd , the wing is upon the boird. So goes the old saying with a heavy New Yoirk accent. I remember this from years ago, I … Continue reading →