Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
Individuals who know me will vouch, when it comes to what makes me laugh, I'm sporadically liable to regress back into childhood behaviour. Episodes where I'm prone to belly laugh over the most randomly innocuous or absurd whimsical events. An example of this during my fledgling years played out as a ten year old. An... Continue Reading →
As I'm strapped for time today, in lieu of my usual daily vignettes of questionable observations, I'm forwarding the two rounds of questions I wrote for yesterday evenings Zoom quiz. The first ten questions penned for a fictional 'True or False' round, in which I unapologetically make a series of absurdly untrue claims in the... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 23rd May - I rarely attempt to pen a monologue around an epiphany of a blog heading. Ordinarily, the narrative title is the final element to the literary piece - Added after the selection of website categories and tags. Today, though, following an idea for a blog heading based on the Guy Ritchie movie... Continue Reading →
There was well-earned respite today for the post-surgery carer of Monsieur Strachan senior. A day out in Harrogate the much-needed break for my mum, accompanied by my wee missus. Reward for her challenging few months, including dealing my papa's irrational new insistence he is addressed as though he's a Frenchman! Even when the individual is low maintenance, residing in a household with a... Continue Reading →
A few days ago we had a family outing to the White Rose (WR) Shopping Centre in Leeds. I realise it wouldn't be most families day out of choice, however with Alton Towers closed and our conference call to the Samaritans concluded, it seemed a suitable distraction. We ventured to the out of town shopping... Continue Reading →