Thoughts From The Care Home

As I begin this chronicle I’ve just returned into my mothers care home room after vacating it while nurses undertook … More

Return For The Mac

This morning it was great to be back on the metaphorical saddle of the metaphorical horse called Collecting For MacMillan. … More

Today marks the second anniversary of my dad’s passing. Twenty four months during which I learned for the first time … More

Sitting in a South Leeds shopping centre café, the inaugural paragraphs of this monologue are being written during a thirty … More

On Sunday morning, arriving downstairs post-reveille to the sight of my mother baking momentarily regressed me back to my boyhood. … More

On Saturday afternoon, as one of the acts performing at Garforth’s G-Fest music event, I was part of an ensemble … More

Tomorrow I’ll be part of a voluntary team running a tombola stall at Rothwell Carnival, aiming to raise funds towards … More

Occasionally I’m asked about what it’s like aboard the emotionally fraught rollercoaster ride which manifests from my spouses incurable cancer … More

This morning I accompanied Karen to an oncologist appointment for the results of her recent CT Scan. Occasions like this … More