Blessed

Sunday 10th October – It’s a week since my siblings and me bode the familial matriarch a tearful farewell. At … More

Canine Therapy

In an highly emotive and sad week, they were the first tears of joy I’d witnessed for a while. The … More

Seconds after our mother’s final breath the song Cavatina’s opening lyrics “She was beautiful. Beautiful to my eyes….” played out … More

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

My mum seems to’ve settled nicely into the care home she moved into late on Friday. Her transition from the … More

Around midday yesterday the opening verse of Jimmy Osmond’s 1972 hit ‘Long Haired Lover From Liverpool’ rang out in a … More

Circumstances of recent days have dictated I’ve had neither the time or inclination to pen a blog of late; and … More

In lockdown, to continue revisiting some of the 60-70 poems written in summer 2017 (don’t worry I’m not gonna post … More

You may argue you’ve suffered enough during the COVID lockdown without yours truly starting to subject you to a selection … More