Month: February 2016

About two weeks ago when I started my blog I was mental electricity in a jar. Bottled lightning. I think that I was moving that fast

Six pence doesn’t buy a lot these days thanks to inflation. When I was a child it was very different. 6p was a king’s ransom. When

  I’m always amazed by how differently people handle telephone calls. For instance my father’s telephone voice is so far from his actual voice that

I’m not sure if its a trick of memory, but I don’t ever remember having a bike with stabilisers. I recall being held from the side

A true highlight of the last few (often dark) weeks has been how people around me have reached out in often unexpected ways to lend

Tea does you the world of good. Its just a leaf, mixed with hot water, in a cup and a splash of milk – but

I feel down this morning and I’m not 100% sure why. I’m writing this trying to reason out whats going on in my mind and

  ‘I think that we’re social animals’ said female student to her bohemian colleague next to me ‘…and we’re designed to form complex groups. It’s

Well – I’m not sure there’s much to say. I can usually write without thinking and say what comes into my mind, but today is

I haven’t been able to sleep all night. My mind has been full of incomplete and fragmented thoughts – the kind you only get when

Well I’ve just come out of my diabetic review. It didn’t go quite as expected. I went in for the first time since being diagnosed

After another chat yesterday with a friend containing advice on self improvement I decided to start walking today and test my horizons. After getting up

A few months ago I was in a really bad place. Much much worse than I am now. Honestly when I look back I think

  I’m tired. Really tired. It’s been another long day at my mom’s bungalow, with more caches of stamps, photos of my childhood (and my

Its not an easy thing to admit that you felt a sense of relief that someone you know or close to you has died. We’re conditioned