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 channel Yeti appears courtesy o’ Harry's Chip Restaurant Plummeting pugnaciously, redemption implausible Saviour sought from plunge ruination Outlets clandestine, strain draining of soul Doth... Continue Reading →
Delusions of Grandma
In Hamlet not a village without church Will wrote of villains who smile and smile Termagant’s daughter does odious role model proud Thirty years torture of yeti despite consideration worthy Harridan proud of misguided advice Quartet of vain glorious delusional shout “Fore” Termagant’s union of faeces, fuels anti-man spite Tarring all geezers wi’ idiotic... Continue Reading →
All The World’s A Stage
Todays narrative is the 700th since I commenced my literary journey in spring 2015. I started this almost daily journal of partly fictional monologues (based on fact) in the March of that year, its aim a short term distraction from challenging issues affecting my family...... These are enduring issues that still remain very much part of my broods... Continue Reading →
Laughter Is The Tonic
Charlie Chaplin once said "Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.". I assume he did so via a caption as all the films I saw him in he was inaudible! Despite everything, it is a mantra we as a family try to live by as much as possible. There are times when... Continue Reading →
She Made It Through The Rain
“We dreamers have our ways Of facing rainy days And somehow we survive….. “ Those first three lines of lyrics from Barry Manilow’s song ‘I Made It Through The Rain’ sprung to mind yesterday during a discussion with my wife on her 50th Birthday. The words made an unscheduled cranial visit while we discussed the... Continue Reading →
Letter To An Unwanted Visitor
Despite the gratifying stability of her tumours, Karen has felt particularly poorly recently. At times her pallor varies from grey to a light mustard hue; colours that enforce her assertion that all is not well. This malaise is no doubt be related to the unwanted but immovable visitor, who's hung around the family like a... Continue Reading →
Duk, Duk, Duk Olive
Karen returns from a few days break to see her parents today. I had the option of visiting her mum and dad in the People’s Republic of Birtley (PRB) or treating the fences and trellis work in my back garden...... It didn’t take me long before I headed down to Homebase for the wood treatment.... Continue Reading →
Almonds Are A Girls Best Friend
Recently an acquaintance relayed an assumption they'd formed about relationships, in particular those where one party suffered from terminal illness. They opined, that under those circumstances the partnership would be one of unrelenting cordiality. After all your relationship together is on borrowed time; how could you possibly argue anymore? Their presumption being, despite the patient and... Continue Reading →
Man Cannot Live By Bread Alone
I don't recollect much of biblical studies in Religious Education lessons from my schooldays. That being said, I can vaguely recall the part of the Gospel of Matthew in which he describes Jesus fasting in the desert. During Christ's abstinence from food, Matthew conveys the devil endeavoured to tempt him to turn stone into bread... Continue Reading →