Day three of dog sitting Coco the lab/retriever. The sandy coloured enchanter who melts my heart and, through her penchant for fleecing me out of half my meal, is contributing […]
One Man’s Trash
Is it me or have Amazon started using a one size fits all cardboard box to package purchases pre-shipping. I maybe imagining this, however it seems to me that whether […]
Gauging Genius
“Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius.” – Edward Gibbon (English historian Words of wisdom yours truly stumbled across yesterday morning. Thankfully, this stumble didn’t result […]
When Life Gives You Lemmon……
Yesterday, yours truly returned from spending Christmas at mater’s to reacquaint myself with the role of housesitter at my marital home in east Leeds.. GJ Strachan’s Boxing Day one of […]
John Wilson’s Haircut
Yesterday evening I watched a recording of a BBC Four broadcast of the John Wilson Orchestra from the Royal Albert Hall; a performance forming part of the 2019 Proms season. […]
Music Hotter Than July
This is my second attempt at commencing today’s narrative. The hundred or so words I originally penned disappearing into an e-ether after, while hindered by having to wax lyrical on […]
Villanelle’s Cafe
As a fan of it’s excellent first series, the other day I began watching the second series of drama Killing Eve on BBC iPlayer. The story of the hunt for a […]
Burning Up His Fuse Up There Alone
As I start this monologue, yours truly lounges unceremoniously in a dining room armchair. Ten minutes earlier I was dining unceremoniously in a lounge armchair?! This maverick misuse of architectural […]
“Green Army!… Green Army!”
Yesterday I stood amongst an army of green shirted MacMillan volunteers supporting a charity football game. This emerald clad battalion, along with numerous other like-minded individuals, intent on raising funds […]