Category Archives: Relationships

Oh Well, too late now

Posted on January 4, 2020 by

I thought about doing the ‘Happy New Year’ thing but it’s a bit late now and I’m too early for Easter, so it’s just another post. Do you ever have an idea and get really excited? I don’t mean, you … Continue reading →

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Holiday Stress, Men, Death and Menstruation

Posted on June 8, 2019 by

Metal smashed against air and the air was forced beneath and so the metal lifted. There was a shudder in the plane, someone gasped, a baby cried and I watched the ground disappear. The flying tin reached 10,000ft and as … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Humour, Life, Opinion, people, Relationships, Vacation, Women | 37 Comments

The Boy in the Short Pants

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

The city sun was no different to the country sun, so why was it so scary? A strange question to ask your 10 year-old self? I should have asked why the other boys were throwing stones at my legs, but … Continue reading →

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I’m a Bad, Bad Patient

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

The cold shivers ravage your body and your spine feels like its just come out of cold storage then you realise someone is drilling holes into the backs of your eyes. Meanwhile sweat oozes from every pore and you feel … Continue reading →

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It Wasn’t Love

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

She began to cry, silently, suppressing a basic human emotion and words flashed through my adolescent mind. “There, there – it’ll be okay – are you alright?” Words from my childhood and all of them cowardly used by people who … Continue reading →

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Now What?

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

There is no grass to lie in anymore and the clouds are one mass of grey. I’m hardly likely to find an abandoned Chevy in Yorkshire or a cassette of Little Willie John, but I do know a place down … Continue reading →

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When Christmas Came Early

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

Your heart is beating so hard you can hear it thundering in your chest, but the hunt is almost over and your prey is within touching distance – the heat is so intense, sweat is cascading down your back. Yes … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Humour, Life, Opinion, Realationships, Relationships, Shopping, Women | Tagged , , , , , | 50 Comments

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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Do You Still Play?

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

I always loved games, as a kid the popular one was Hide and Go Seek (US version) But I prefered Kiss Catch which reminds me of Lil-Beth (the names have been changed to protect the…….not sure what she was at 10 … 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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