Category Archives: blog

Parallel Worlds

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

I remember  I was thinking, was it yesterday or twenty years ago, about the existence of parallel worlds. Of other places in distant galaxies where someone could drive his Ford Brillo, or whatever the name of it is, into a MacDonalds and … Continue reading →

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Two Years, Two Hundred Posts

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

The strangest fact about Blogging is that no one, or very few people,  starts a Blog to read anyone else’s. That’s just a by-product of the process. I came to Blogging because I woke in the middle of the night … Continue reading →

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Christmas Wishes

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

‘Ello, one and all. I thought I’d stagger towards the keyboard and wish you all a Happy Christmas before completing the speech I’m preparing for Barack Obama and David Cameron, both of whom I’ve invited for a slice of cake after … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a Blogroll

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Anyone on my Blogroll is there initially because they commented on my Blog over a number of weeks. When I first started Blogging  I gained great encouragement from it. That is the strange thing about the Blogroll. Over time it … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

With regard to the previous post. Not sure what happened here. I was looking at some old posts and I pushed some button with this one and, lo and behold, its popped up as the post of the day. I’m … Continue reading →

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The Value of People in Blogland

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

I had a comment made about a post of mine by someone who I consider to be a friend saying sometimes they were too shy to post a reply because, in essence, in their wording , ”Too many well spoken people read … Continue reading →

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When I Get an Idea

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

Behind the chatty face, and natural warmth with which I greet the world I am a private man, who still cherishes his treats and those he loves, and all my small routines, and old shirts, and . Well you know  what … Continue reading →

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Daughters, Self- Knowledge and Other Things

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

I have three daughters and, as anyone else will know, that is a lovely position to be in. One has just got engaged, to a man who would have passed the most rigorous ”Are   you good enough for my daughter ” … Continue reading →

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Blogging Etiquette

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

I have managed to do a bit more Blogging these days which I have enjoyed. I am probably delusional in the matter but there are some people on here for whom I have developed an affection and keeping up with them … Continue reading →

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Still Centre of the Turning Wheel

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

All I could hear was the sound of my own breathing as the air moved rhythmically through the snorkel. Below me the sea was crystal clear and there was the clean white sand of the sea floor about thirty feet below me. Rising from it … Continue reading →

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