Category Archives: Blogging

Mindful of Images

Posted on December 8, 2018 by

As I lay in the long grass the clouds drift carelessly over my head, changing the shade of the landscape and my mind drifts with them to times gone by and images I have stored in my hard-drive. I wonder … Continue reading →

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First Love, First Fall

Posted on December 2, 2018 by

Cast your mind back and reconstruct those formative years…. wasn’t it strange how we got the attention of the opposite sex with playful abuse, She would hit me -playfully – wanting me to chase her, she would giggle and run … Continue reading →

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Stuff They Told Me

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

I was reflecting upon all the stuff I was told as I grew up and wondered why I’m kinda normal. When a tooth fell out I placed it beneath my pillow whereupon a mysterious Fairylike creature sneaked into my room, … Continue reading →

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What do you need?

Posted on November 11, 2018 by

“All you need is something to do – something to love – something to look forward to.” I was told this as a young man, guess who haha. Then I heard it somewhere recently, I don’t recall where maybe a … Continue reading →

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Barcelona

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

Okay, Barcelona is the ‘princess’ place, it’s about 40 years since I was here and that was only to collect my post. It’s a travelling thing, if you wrote to someone when you were travelling in 1976 (yup remember letters?) … Continue reading →

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Truth or Dare

Posted on October 6, 2018 by

How many times have you played this and it’s got a bit risqué? In all reality it’s for kids isn’t it? I’ll leave risqué to the young adults. Even so, do you remember the excitement when you finally had the … Continue reading →

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Return to the Rock

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

So here I was again back on the ‘Rock’ as it is sometimes referred to. The island of Jersey in the English Channel. Ninety miles from England and twenty miles from France. Yes, I know, another bit of land we … Continue reading →

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Dreeeaam, Dream, Dream (Not The Everley Brothers :-)

Posted on September 15, 2018 by

Who really knows what is best for you, who is your best friend? Advice is great, but isn’t it a ‘cop out?’ If you take someone’s advice and it all goes wrong then it’s not your fault is it? How … Continue reading →

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Was It Better Back Then?

Posted on August 27, 2018 by

I was doing a bit of research for this book thing and I wanted a T.V. programme from April 1974. Amazingly you can view copies of the T.V. Times from years ago. I guess if your not British or you’re … Continue reading →

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Don’t Write a Novel!

Posted on August 16, 2018 by

‘I know you all hate me,’ he said staring at the floor ashamedly. Now I don’t know if that is a crass line or a good line. But it was the second thing that entered my head after I pressed … Continue reading →

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