Feb 24You Don’t Have To Be YoungNot everything has to be done before you hit thirty, although it’s more than fine to have dipped a toe in the water by then. The world appears to be geared towards; been there, done that, gap year, bought the tee shirt and now I’m ready to settle down and…Age3 min read
Mar 19, 2021Made To Be Broken (Part II)Paved with Good Intentions? Probably how everyone begins. But in hindsight there are always changes that one would wish to have made. There is always the unpredictable and unexpected, and one can only see the future by looking at the past (or so I’ve heard). Single ‘tribes’ of humanity have…8 min read
Feb 7, 2021Made To Be Broken (Part I)A Re-Vision of the World The older that I get, the more that I seem to question myself. Not the simple stuff, like why am I here, what is the point, is there a god? But the crushing, travesty question. Why do I think like this? It’s never been a…Politics11 min read
Jan 7, 2021Stars In Their Eyes.Just a bunch of cuts. WOW!!! Thirty years later. Where did that go? And how the hell did it happen? And what the heck is going to happen next? Extra!! Extra!! Read all about it! No pinball wizards here, but, perhaps, wizardry of a different kind (in the eyes of…Film9 min read
Dec 30, 2020Stop the World, I want to get off!Coronavirus, Lockdown and life changes. The title is reference to a stage play and movie from the sixties. The play was about a selfish man who wanted to get ahead in life, did whatever he could to do so, but ultimately realised that financial success in life was not the…Covid7 min read
Jul 28, 2020Dementia: A Family GuiltWhen you can no longer trust your own mind. When strangers can become friends. When your family become strangers. Vascular dementia and Alzheimers. Trying to find your way home. Not recognising what should be familiar. Remembering the distant past, but short-term memory no longer exists. Reading and re-reading the same page, as if…Dementia5 min read