This morning, I was greeted at the breakfast table by the news my wife Karen was feeling under the weather. This malady another example of her bad days where her […]
Karma’s Perversity
Monday 14th May – There’s an old adage that ‘No good deed goes unpunished’. Yesterday afternoon it was a folklore teaching I was rudely reminded of by my ‘good’ buddy […]
Dissing The Disease
Tomorrow morning I’ll be partaking in a voluntary collection for Marie Curie cancer care. My presence a small contribution towards the raising of funds during the organisation’s March Daffodil Appeal […]
More Venting On An Advent
Yesterday, my other half returned to West Yorkshire after a three-night visit to her parents in Birtley, County Durham. As part of her home town’s legislation, any of the townsfolk that leave the inside of […]
Kindly Disregard This Letter
This mornings solar rays in East Ardsley are making a concerted effort to lift my sagging spirits. As they blaze through an open French door onto my makeshift scribing desk, I […]
The Entitled Species
Self-entitled society; inconvenience them not Their rights akin to ones they’d deny others Selfish; nauseating trait of the misguided Shellfish; nauseating comestible if mis-cooked. Selfie society, crave contemporary pictorial […]
Sonnet Spontaneous
Sonnet spontaneous Unplanned prose defiling chaste page Epiphany evasive; topic timid Dining chair in situ; inspiration yeti’s holy grail Sustenance on hold in domain digestion. Newsday of sloth speed, subject secreted safely […]
Airing of Sale De Lavage
Torture, but conclusion unwanted Score summers celibacy, enforced as with gaol dweller Punishment though for crimeless act Spiteful matriarch pride, her indoctrination prevails “Opine thy suitor is toxic girl, conduct regardless” Legacy […]
Plummeting
Fallen from crest, carer careers Heads for terra firma recalcitrantly Clutched from catastrophe thy fate? Or destiny distressing, firma terra destination? Tune in next week Same bat time, same bat […]