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
Tag Archives: thought piece
Week Thirty-Four: 2022
We ended the week in Suffolk, spending time around Southwold and enjoying the sea and the sunshine. Everywhere is as parched as London, though as with my apples at home, this year’s fruit crops seem to be excellent. The blackberries … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, dog, Southwold, Suffolk, thought piece, tipsy
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Week Thirty-Three: 2022
I think this year is going to be a good year for apples. We have a magnificent bramley which gives us, in a good year, about 800 apples plus two eaters. These haven’t been great croppers over the last five … Continue reading
Week Thirty-Two: 2022
We entered the week feeling grotty. Nothing on the LTFs but still the symptoms felt more covidy than cold. We may never know. Anyway, by Monday, I was feeling more perky, so much so that I dragged out the vacuum. … Continue reading
How to choose a name #dog #memories
How do you chose a name? Mine was apparently after Geoffrey Chaucer the medieval English author (my mother, pretentious… you could say) and my brother after our grandparents (Christian and surnames). We just went with what we liked except… both … Continue reading
Week Thirty-Two: 2022
It’s been a grotty end to the week. I’ve been coping with some sort of summer cold which, coupled with the heat has led to some very uncomfortable days and nights. I took a lateral flow but no evidence of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Coldplay, cricket, strikes, thought piece
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Hearing Things: Don’t We All?
I was listening to a podcast while out walking Dog, a series called ‘Seriously’ that curates factual sciencey blogs from around the English speaking metaverse (get me, huh!). This one gave me pause as it was about the internal monologue … Continue reading
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Tagged dog, thought piece, west norwood
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Week Thirty-One: 2022
Even the weather man shrugged when asked about rain… nope, nothing. We have had our first drought restriction this week, in southern England banning hosepipes. It’s likely it will extend to us soon enough. Everyone who is old enough casts … Continue reading
Week Twenty-Nine: 2022
Happily we seem to be past the furnace temperatures for now. What we could do with is rain. Lots of it. We’ve had one percent of the annual rainfall this July . That’s pretty piss poor, frankly and someone amongst … Continue reading
Week Twenty-Seven :2022
We’re in for a heat wave which is a pain. I may live with a woman who defends the thermostat with the zealous disregard for male hypothermia that was previously applied to protecting her children from even the mildest frost, … Continue reading
This Sporting Life: Turning The Tap
I was ten at the end of 1966 when something in me clicked. That need to find my own distinctive passion. It was conscious but I needed something. And while I can’t be totally sure, I think mum was behind … Continue reading
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Tagged cricket, memories, thought piece
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