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When you fly too close to the flame…..

Saturday 4th July – Concluding my levels of existential brio required raising a notch at this mornings reveille, I maverickly ingested Sunday mornings heart tablets instead of Saturday’s meds. Before […]

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Zoom, You Chased The Day Away

Last night’s Zoom quiz amongst the chaps passed in the company of habitual guests whimsy, competitiveness, absurdity, live music, one or two bowls of loud mouth soup and snacking on […]

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Musical Inquisition Afoot

This Thursday, I’ll be facilitating an online music quiz. My participants buddies from Gateshead, who’ll sup from an event melting pot including musical inquisition and performances of refrains they’ve penned, […]

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All The World’s A Stage

Yesterday evening, UK prime minister Boris Johnson informed around a 30 million TV audience the lockdown edict of ‘Stay at Home > Save the NHS > Save Lives‘, had been superseded in […]

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A Bold Promise

Today sees the advent of yours truly’s eighth week in COVID lockdown. “How do you reflect on events in the previous 56 days, Gary?”, I hear you cry……. And even […]

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Menu Mayhem

The lower back trauma I wrote about in Gaining Groucho’s Gait, although significantly less uncomfortable, continues to plague me. Sporadic spasms when making sharp core movements reminding me the back […]

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One For Zorro, Two For Joy, Three For….

To utilise urban patois, this afternoon the West Yorkshire sun is cracking the flags. If yours truly could muster enough enthusiasm to paint his current garden view, the spectator of […]

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LS Lowry in LS9

This morning on social media I saw an advertisement for a soon to be released movie titled Mrs Lowry & Son. Dubbed an untold story of one of the UK’s […]

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Andy’s Animal Wraps

Yesterday, during breaks in writing and seeking possessions shifted by my missus when making additional drawer space for our daughter (after her return from Canada,) I spent a short period […]

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Rainbow Climbing High

My wife Karen announced earlier it’s rainbow trout for dinner tonight. I’m assuming she’s referring to the fact we’ll be consuming the fish species with colour reflecting scales. Aquatic craniate […]

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Forgotten Riches

At the risk of turning this into a less accomplished Alan Bennett biscuit monologue, yesterday I became reacquainted with the joys of Rich Teas. A cookie pleasure I’d not experienced […]

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Dante’s Inferno – 2019

In my attempts to dodge situations adding strain on my still recovering cardio system I’m currently striving to avoid TV news bulletins. An approach purposely taken to evade the journalistic […]

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Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred

Whimsical Journals From Deep Within A Capricious Mind

Franksy

Too Close To The Flame

Conundrums

Doodles

Art For Art’s Sake

Zoom, You Chased The Day Away

Musical Inquisition Afoot

All The World’s A Stage

A Bold Promise

Menu Mayhem

One For Zorro, Two For Joy, Three For….

LS Lowry in LS9

Andy’s Animal Wraps

Rainbow Climbing High

Forgotten Riches

Dante’s Inferno – 2019