I suppose that each great journey begins with one step, but I wish at the moment I could take a few more of them. It’s
Month: February 2016
Stick around
It’s been a lazy Sunday after a busy week and a busy Saturday. Although I woke up early I ached all over and didn’t feel
Pegasus
‘It’s a Pegasus!’ said my friends’ eldest daughter this evening when I asked her why her little pink toy horse had wings. ‘It can fly!’
Ooozagubboythen?
Boris is at my house, and has been hunting for buried treasure. Sadly the most that he could find was a particularly large cache of cobwebs behind
Spock Pug
Somebody said to me today during a conversation ‘when you eventually get married…’. The words that immediately preceded this and followed it seemed largely
Number 15
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
Sixpence none the richer
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
Jaunty Dave
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
Stabilisers
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
London Calling
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
Jumping into beanbags
Tea does you the world of good. Its just a leaf, mixed with hot water, in a cup and a splash of milk – but
Pressing pause
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
Victory Bananas
‘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
Banoffee Instagram
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
Happy talk
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
Prime numbers
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
New horizon
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
Under the playground
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
Tanks for the memories
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
The things she carried
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