Yesterday was a day of toweringly high hopes and immense disappointment. I had an appointment at the hospital for them to check out the workings of...
The Insufferable Persistence of St Bagnes the Bilious
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The Trials and Tribulations of St Bagnes the Bilious
I have now been back home for four weeks and am slowly recovering from my run-in with the little lumps of ickyness that my body has decided to keep...
Well, that was an adventure…
In many ways, I have led a blessed or charmed life. I've never had to be transported in an ambulance, never been hospitalised (apart from once for a...
I’ve got a problem with me knob…
I have a friend called Colin. Colin is a great bloke. Towards the end of last year, he came to me with a bit of a problem. It turns out he was...
A new look and purpose for my blog
Recently I was bemoaning my woeful lack of blogging ... *again*, so Glenda donned her consultant's hat and offered to walk me through her new client...
The best laid plans and all that
Things were going so well too. Regular followers of my adventures (or Glenda's) will know that we have spent the last few years ploughing our own...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light…
At around this time nine years ago, I was at my parents' house. A couple of hours earlier, I had been with my father when he drew his last breath,...
Well, so much for that plan…
About a year ago, I quit the whirly hurly-burly of social media. I had had my fill of this toxic 21st century phenomenon and decided that my life...
Musical Losses…
Sticking with my current musical theme, but with with a much more sombre twist, the last couple of weeks have seen the loss of three musical greats...
I’m still here…
Oh dear. I do seem to have fallen back into my old bad habits don't I? Over two months since I last posted anything on here. And I was doing so...
He’s not the Messiah!
But, by God, he was funny. I came to Monty Python relatively late. The original TV series were first shown when I was still pretty young, so I only...
The Curse of Dr Who
(The Daleks - wondering whether it's time to call the whole thing off. Image ©BBC) Those of a certain age, will remember the first time that Dr Who...