The tagline for this blog was, for a long time, ‘Contains Bitterness and Resentment’. I even had a t-shirt to...
I think that probably for the rest of my life there will be days which are significant because of Clare....
Lindisfarne, Holy Island as the sun went down on a Saturday late afternoon in January. I don’t think I ever experienced such peace. A silence fell across the place, looking out over the water towards the mainland. I’m not religious. I wouldn’t even dare to consider myself spiritual, but there...
Some time ago I posted on here about Twitter not being real, about it being a ‘a meaningless yet useful...
People keep saying that 2016 has been a really shitty year. Mainly as a result of the celebrity deaths we...
I asked The Boy the other day what he wanted to do on Saturday. I had a full tank of diesel and a reasonable swedge of cash available. The world was our oyster. “Let’s go to Roseberry Topping” was his reply. Deal. Saturday morning I pick him up and we...
“What are you doing Thursday?” “Nothing.” “I might come see you, I don’t want you being a ‘billy-no-mates’.” No, no, that’s okay. I think you’ll find I’m okay with having an entire day to myself doing exactly as I please without having to consider anyone else at all. I don’t...
I’m incapable of withstanding the heartbreak of love. I loved once. I was brave once. That bravery was repaid with...
What I really want is to be able to say, ‘I want to have sex with you’ to someone and the main thrust of the comment to be ‘with you’ and not ‘have sex’....
