I’m late to the laptop this morn. This delay consequential of yours truly undertaking three hours of ironing, along with tidying chez Strachan. My creative sojourn also slightly held back […]
Vignette For Generations Hence
Wednesday 6th January 2021 – The United Kingdom is back in COVID lockdown for the third time since the global pandemic breached our shores last March. Today’s blog, like numerous […]
Selling Coal To…….
During a chat yesterday with my son Jonny, where we exchanged felicitations for the new year, my eldest offspring asked if I’d set myself any resolutions for 2021. Aware that […]
St Nick’s Day At Chez Strachan
With yesterday being Christmas Day, akin to Scrooge when affording Bob Cratchit a hiatus in A Christmas Carol, I allowed myself a day away from the writing desk. This gesture […]
Cracking Christmas
After a perishable food shop yesterday afternoon, along with this mornings procurement/despatch of final gifts, I’m just about ready for the big occasion…… Incidentally, that’s Christmas Day, not the Leeds […]
Tolerance
Today, November the 16th, is ‘International Day For Tolerance’. This global ‘gift’ arriving courtesy of the United Nations. Just one of many annual observances by the UN, which also include […]
Tacky
It’s proving a slow news day amongst the halls and chambers of chez Strachan. Thus far, the only bulletins to share are the shaving off of my beard, eating breakfast […]
Has’t A Valorous Day
I commence this chronicle after completing an online writing test for a role which I’m interested in. My fate now in the hands of the test assessor, god and the […]
Triggers
I’ve recently returned from watching an under-16 football match between my new locale Tingley and former manor Colton. A spontaneous decision resulting in a couple of hours where I got […]