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: thought
Winged By Driving
I lost part of a wing mirror the other day. The peril of narrow London streets and other careless drivers. I didn’t even realise it had been damaged until the next day. How stupid? And then my attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, miscellany, thought
Tagged assumptions, cars, learning lessons, portugal, thought piece, wingmirrors
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The Post Office Queue
A new follower, here (do check Katie’s blog out; many laughs to be had) raised the subject of the post office queue. Which triggered a rather visceral shuddering. Possibly this is an entirely British phenomenon but if not perhaps this … Continue reading
Out Of Place
I had two experiences this week that, in their contrasting ways, made me feel both good and awkward and almost certainly said more about me than anything else. Last Friday, I took part in a demonstration outside Parliament. It was … Continue reading
Complacency: Fairness v Justice #thoughtpiece
One of my ‘not sure where this is going’ pieces. As a Cub Scout, back in the 1960s we were taken to a Police Station, one of those educational trips that I recall with a mix of fascination and horror … Continue reading
Breathe #thoughts
We don’t need to learn that, do we? It’s one of those instinctual things like using our hearts, sweating and realising a cake must be moist to be good. Only you do. Or I do. I had a minor altercation … Continue reading
Life As A Controlled Experiment #thought #humour #family
Simple Simms taught me chemistry from age eleven to fifteen. He was keen, distracted, had a boyish face and somehow controlled the class by the gob smacking way he would ignore any semblance of health and safety. When Trillo, a … Continue reading
There’s Enrichment And Then There’s The Other Thing #carrotranch #flashfiction
There’s Enrichment And Then There’s The Other Thing ‘You ever wonder what dog food tastes like, Logan?’ ‘Is this going somewhere?’ ‘I saw an old advert, where some dog fooder was enriched with marrowbone jelly…’ ‘Oh yeah. PAL.’ ‘Okay, mate?’ ‘Mate?’ ‘If … Continue reading
Dog hairs and spare rooms: a thought.
One downside to having furry pets is they like to share their coats. From time to time one of us has to pick up the pet hair remover and go attack the carpets where the pets might be found. Which … Continue reading
Appraising The Big Beasts #workplace #memories #management
Having finished this year’s Nano with a book in first draft form and a few days to spare, I was thinking about the need to maintain one’s self confidence to achieve these sorts of goals. Historically I haven’t been that … Continue reading
Posted in humour, miscellany, thought, work
Tagged appraisals, self confidence, work lawyers
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