Cotton head
Where do you come from, where did you go, where did you come from Cotton head Joe. I well... Read more »
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A river runs through it.
I think that was one of the slowest movies I ever sat through. However, that was 15 years ago... Read more »
Dying young
Having splattered chilli all over the microwave tonight it was my responsibility to clean it. This microwave has been... Read more »
Endurance
Whenever I hear that word there pops into my mind one thought, “just keep swimming!” For years after first... Read more »
Get a grip!!
Am I simply depressed, or do I have depression? This is is a thought that has been bouncing around... Read more »
Mindless
You wouldn’t imagine that getting to work with your lunch bag would be a difficult task. For the last four... Read more »
What goes up…
Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the…….let’s not finish that, neither is true and it’s just... Read more »
It’s not over
…..til the fat lady sings. If only everything were that simple, but life is not an opera, I am... Read more »
Do it again!
As an on off trumpet player (currently off) I understand only too well the value of repetition. No matter... Read more »
Out of the box
Taylor Swift it wasn’t! My better half deserves all of the credit, a few weeks ago she had spotted... Read more »
The cup matters
A simple morning brew was all it took to get the wheels in motion once more. My coffee drinking... Read more »
Blesséd are the peacemakers.
False peace or real peace. In the office at work there are lots of calendars, when I started working... Read more »
Time travel
Why does this subject fascinate us so much? In a bid to relax today I ran a deep bath... Read more »
Choose your battles
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. Sun Tzu In the late summer... Read more »
The power of a thought
9 The great philosopher Decartes famously declared, “I think therefore I am.” Many times throughout our early married life my... Read more »
Sadness has a face
We finally got around to watching Inside out at the weekend. It used to be the case that we... Read more »
Do you ever wonder?
I think that age is turning me into Shania Twain. By that I don’t mean that I feel like a... Read more »
Click bait
When I saw…..I died. You know the drill, this guy got it wrong, the arrow point is usually just out... Read more »
Bench press
Perhaps not! Walking out of the gym last night (there’s a phrase that I never imagined saying) I was required... Read more »
Snow in summer
It’s not here, but it is summer somewhere. Seven weeks ago the odds against a white Christmas in the... Read more »
Virgin territory.
I recently heard a quote in a movie, “if you don’t like the road on which you are travelling, pave... Read more »
Smile
Just because the créma matched the window sill. This little thing brought a smile to my heart today. It wasn’t... Read more »
The big easy
The sigh was a deep one, the next breath that was exhaled carried three words…..”it’s not easy.” I was nuking... Read more »
Stage fright
Why stand trembling in the wings……they are mere humans? One of the churches I attended as a child was extremely... Read more »
The next chapter
Having completed chapter four of my next project the inspiration has stalled. From the moment that the idea dropped into... Read more »
The darkness
Ok, here goes! After a year of making really good progress with this confounded illness I have just come through... Read more »
Walking dead
Are zombies the new aliens? I love to consider the trends that are present in our world, or more particularly... Read more »
You always have a choice.
ALWAYS!... Read more »
This is not me!
What do you do when it all crumbles? There is no logic to it, you slept reasonably well, you were... Read more »
Convoy driving
There are a variety of reason why you would find yourself driving in convoy. One of favourite films growing up... Read more »
Unexpected
It was a covers over the head and cuddle a soft leg kind of morning today. The forecasts had warned... Read more »
Sorry, not in service.
It seems that our public transportation people don’t want us to leave town today before 7am. I mean, I... Read more »
The elephant in the room.
Just because we deny it’s existence does not remove it’s presence. We all know that there is something terribly wrong... Read more »
relapse..
Welcome to my world, won’t you come on in….then again, maybe not. Relapse is defined as a return to a... Read more »
Foot commute
How can something as insignificant as a toe nail cause so much pain? At the turn of the year my... Read more »
Please don’t go.
They are not my friend, the comfort that they offer is a deep poison that will be my... Read more »
Walking away
A few years ago one of our local football teams was going through a severe financial crisis because of some... Read more »
Forever young
Right now on the radio there is someone murdering this brilliant song, I am tempted to call NASA to have... Read more »
Though like a wanderer
One of the hardest things to do is to return the fight to a defeated person. I know that... Read more »
Tick tock
I am really not a lover of ticking clocks. I remember as a child sitting in large dark wooded... Read more »
Start with yes
It is generally considered an extreme negative to be dubbed a ‘yes man.’ Nobody likes a suck up, well... Read more »
Grab the nettle
Today I defeated my nemesis. Every story since the beginning of time has a negative force at play. We are... Read more »
Time to get real
Even writing that title makes me cringe in certain areas of my life. It occurs to me that with longevity... Read more »
Dazed
There is nothing like a smoke alarm at 4:40 am. Actually there is, but I will come back to that.... Read more »
Not at the moment.
When then? My parents escaped to the Caribbean in early 1990 after securing employment from a random application. Life had... Read more »
Night walkers
It really came as a surprise when our teenage son suggested a midnight hill climb. Over the years... Read more »
Live and don’t learn.
I used to read a lot of Calvin and Hobbes books when I was younger. There was something in the mind... Read more »
When the music fades
It is a funny kind of no man’s land that I presently occupy. There has been a whole month... Read more »
Twas the night after Christmas….
And all over the house, there are bodies lying prostrate in silence like a louse. I admit it, there... Read more »
All is calm
The tree is wrapped the refrigerator is trimmed. Michael Buble has been serenading us for most of December and to... Read more »