The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: family
Murder Mystery – The Definitive How-To (Not)
Every Christmas time my family and a close set of friends get together for a large meal and then lots of ridiculous games. This has been going on without a break for twelve years at least and mostly ends up … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, family, Friends, miscellany
Tagged creative writing, Friends, murder mystery, writing challenge, writing surprise
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Mugged Off
I was given this a while ago. W e’re an increasingly green household – not that the children leave us much choice. Thus single use takeaway cups for my copious coffees are verboten. Sitting, enjoying myself with a cappuccino I … Continue reading
Poetry Readathon #robbiecheadle
Robbie Cheadle kindly invited me to be part of her Poetry Readathon. In it I share two poems I wrote early in my poetry writing career one of which I updated and read at my daughter’s wedding this August. Please … Continue reading
Seven Days Before The Nuptials; Memories of a First Time Father of the Bride To Be
My daughter married the most delightful man over the Bank Holiday weekend in August. We had the most splendid time. The following is nothing like what happened. Really… We had a registry office ceremony the day before the Big Event … Continue reading
Life Lesson, Number… Whatever
My mother has been a constant influence in my life, even in death. She gifted me many things I didn’t appreciate at the time – how to eat peas in polite company; why you shouldn’t wear brown shoes with a … Continue reading
Posted in family, gardening, memories
Tagged fritillarias, garden, hostas, memories, mum, plants
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The Grapes of Wrath: A Father’s Wisdom
I witnessed a crime today. A couple of kids ahead of me, heads close together and one nabbed a piece of fruit off a stall outside a small convenience store. It was casual, brazen almost. They stood there, didn’t even … Continue reading
I Have Worms!
Pam Lazos wrote recently, here, on the joys of compost which I can echo. It made me, once again, recognise a parental lesson I received from a young age. My parents, specifically my mother recycled, repurposed and upcycled well before … Continue reading
Posted in family, gardening, home, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged compost, family, gardening, parental lessons, planning, thoughts
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If You Want To Get Ahead….
It is a fact, sad or otherwise that these days I am follicly challenged. I have perhaps grown too far upwards, experiencing the human equivalent of the tree line on mountains, above which hair will not grow. Some suggest it … Continue reading
Sun, Sea, Sand And #holidays
Every holiday from my earliest memory meant a visit to my mother’s mother – my Gran – who lived in a tall Georgian terraced house on the sea front at Herne Bay in North Kent. I could wax lyrical describing … Continue reading
The Five Things I Learned From Jigsaw Puzzles
I was in a garden centre today, acting as moral support and guard duty for the Textiliste. It’s not that she is regularly under threat, you understand but any trip out that involves her mother runs the risk of strangling … Continue reading
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Tagged family, garden centres, jigsaw, puzzle, thought piece
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