Category Archives: thought piece

Life? Pah, You Couldn’t Make It Up #philosophy

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 by

This was me, two years ago. Six years old, again. Now, two years on and I’m eight today, so, utilizing the patented Le Pard Failsafe Body Clock that takes the digits of your years on the planet, adds them together … Continue reading →

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Channelling Burns, Dickens and Winnie The Pooh #thoughts

Posted on Sep 13, 2018 by

Sometimes ideas come at one for a variety of directions at the same time, coalescing in something I can’t really explain. And that’s good. It started with this post of Mary Smith’s, about being in Robbie Burns house, in the … Continue reading →

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The Sight Of One’s Voice

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 by

’Find your voice,’ say the writing seers, as you dip your toe into the blogging and authoring world. Which is odd when you think you are writing to be read not heard – unless you’re going straight to Audible, a … Continue reading →

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What A Brummie Chinaman Taught Me About Variety #thoughtpiece

Posted on Jul 24, 2018 by

I helped at a shelter last week. Amongst the clients who turned up, were three men we’d not seen before. They appeared to speak Mandarin and certainly had a Chinese appearance. Someone, near the counter made an off colour remark. … Continue reading →

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Parenting – Winning The War Or At Least Losing Gracefully

Posted on Jul 19, 2018 by

A parenting lesson, which a conversation today brought back to me and which I thought I’d share. Back in 1998 when we visited friends in Bahrain, the Lawyer, aged 8, was heavily into Pokémon – the soft toys, the cards and … Continue reading →

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Balancing the Butts #carrotranch #thought

Posted on Jul 14, 2018 by

Charli Mills weekly prompt is this week July 12, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a broken fence. You can mend it, leave it, or explain its place in a story. Go where … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Truth?

Posted on Jun 20, 2018 by

I was on my way to meet an old colleague for some lunch. It wasn’t free: he wanted some advice or some such but, hey, it’s nice to get out. I’d walked Dog, the Textiliste is away so off I … Continue reading →

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