When my son and grandchildren were little there was a breakthrough moment when they could dress themselves. In the dark recesses of my memory I seem to recall a film about a man whose life goes backwards and he ends up as a baby. Judging by the difficulty I have putting my socks on in …
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BAH HUMBUG!!!
Sometimes it feels as though life just has it in for you. We have all been through it for the last couple of years and just when you are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel the Grinch in the form of Omicron jumps up to bite you. The news is nothing …
Non, je ne regrette rien – well not much anyway!
I’m willing to bet that nobody ever went to their death bed wishing that they’d spent more time watching day time television. My mind has been quite sharply focused during the past day or two because of a near death experience. The amazing wind recently brought down an enormous lime tree in front of my …
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Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, you’re drunk!
Nothing keeps you on your toes like grandchildren. They have a directness about them that one’s contemporaries don’t have. None of my friends have ever asked when I’m going to die of if they can have something of mine after I’m dead. They also have a fairly hazy concept of time – I was asked …
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The Ascent of Man
The summer isn’t the best time to write – at least not while coming out of a pandemic. Or maybe that’s just me – the joy of seeing friends, of going to restaurants, shopping, travelling (at least within this country – I’m not sure I’m ready for abroad yet because I find the rules far …
Paradoxically Speaking.
According to the dictionary the definition of a paradox is: a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.And: A two word paradox is an oxymoron. Got to love an Oxymoron for the name alone! *************** A classic contemporary paradox is the situation with the …
Why do they call it beauty sleep when you wake up looking terrible?
I hate beauty products – they are expensive and they lie. Apparently, beauty is only skin deep but what do people want – a pretty pancreas, an attractive appendix, a stunning spleen, a lovely liver? I’m a very shallow person, so skin deep will do for me. Unfortunately (for my bank balance!) I’m one of …
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I AM A DINOSAUR
It didn’t happen overnight, but the realisation that I am a dinosaur has crept up on me over the past few years. I was brought up in what now seem like prehistoric times. My mother wasn’t around very much and we were in the charge of Nanny and our territory was the nursery and anywhere …
It’s a Topsy Turvy World!
When Shakespeare wrote about the seven ages of man it seemed quite clear on the surface but when you look closely it is more like the seven ages of contradiction. No sooner do you learn a new skill than it is all change. When a baby burps the parents ooh and aah and congratulate the …
If only closed minds came with closed mouths!
Sex education at my school was a diagram drawn on the blackboard of rabbits mating. I was brought up on a farm so I had some idea of what went on, but my generation were incredibly ignorant. It took me years to work out what lesbians could possibly do, although I did have a fantastic …
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Has Anyone Seen My Glasses? 