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 …
Continue reading “Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, you’re drunk!”
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Why do they call it beauty sleep when you wake up looking terrible?”
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “If only closed minds came with closed mouths!”
Are you a country mouse or a town mouse or do you have a foot in both camps? QUESTION A B C What kind of car do you drive? Latest spec 4 x 4 Five year old 4 x 4 Ancient Land Rover Defender What’s in the warming oven of your Aga? The …
It will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me to learn that I was a bit of a rebel at school. In fact, I got expelled. I was caught one evening in the Japanese Garden after I had persuaded Terry, the boy who delivered the meat, to come there and teach me …
Continue reading “Life is far too important to take seriously.”
My son used to say that I had the concentration span of a goldfish – I think this might be a bit unfair to goldfish. Particularly at the moment. I have noticed things getting far worse during Covid. The plots of television ads are about the most challenging things I can manage. There was one …
