Category Archives: life

Two Becomes One #shortfiction

Posted on Feb 21, 2021 by TanGental

They stopped the wheelchair to let him look along his arbour one last time, whispering in foggy ears for him to stir. He didn’t move and they turned, saddened at his incomprehension, but letting him have a private moment.He smiled … Continue reading →

Posted in creative writing, gardening, life, love | Tagged creative writing, garden, life, love, memory | 28 Comments

The University Years: Learning How To Learn #bristoluniversity #1975

Posted on Sep 1, 2020 by TanGental

It is 1975 and I’ve left my sleepy New Forest home for the bright lights and persistent rain that was Bristol University to study law and life. I had a lot to learn. My first year degree subjects comprised the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, law, life, memories, miscellany, university | Tagged 1975, Bristol, degree, law, university | 14 Comments

It Shouldn’t Happen But It Did: The Dog And The Strip Light

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 by TanGental

I spent the first two years of my legal career in a small firm dealing with mostly domestic matters: property buying and selling, wills and probates and domestic disputes, including divorces. One case involved a family restaurant where the son … Continue reading →

Posted in humour, law, life, memories, miscellany | Tagged humour, law, litigation, memories, research | 26 Comments

Turning Full Circle – The Middle Years (part one)

Posted on Jul 26, 2018 by TanGental

My relationship with the humble cycle hasn’t been a smooth and gentle one. Having a bicycle has been essential as the only workable mode of transport available to me many times in my life, but never more so than at University. … Continue reading →

Posted in bicycling, Books, Bristol, humour, life, memories, miscellany | Tagged bicycling, Bristol, crashes, halls of residence, memories, university | 29 Comments

One of those things…

Posted on Jan 15, 2017 by TanGental

I went shopping a couple of days ago. Having done the bagging up and paying bit I decided to have a cup of coffee before heading home. The cafe attached to the store is a couple of notches up from … Continue reading →

Posted in cake, humour, life, thought | Tagged coffee, intentions and actions, judging | 52 Comments

Geoffle 6.0, the Reboot

Posted on Nov 30, 2016 by TanGental

Ok, time for a moment of self-indulgence. By some off-kilter astro-clock I’m told I have collected 60 New Years on this fast moving lump of rock. As the heading suggests I’d rather think of that as Geoffrey 6.0, the Reboot … Continue reading →