Category Archives: life2

The Final Judgement


Not to rub it in, but it hadn’t gone all that well for Simon. Nothing too bad, of course. I wouldn’t like to exaggerate but he always remained, how would you say it, just outside the winner’s circle. Just below the balcony where … Continue reading

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Life in the Zoo


Here I am, A Lion in the Zoo. All meals ready packed. Adventure no longer on the table . Those primal days, running on uncertain ground are now a story board, caught on a poster laid out before my cage.  Needs are catered for … Continue reading

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Living the Nightmare


Let us hope that you do not know the feeling when you are looking at the damage caused by the bathroom ceiling falling down onto your living room floor, together with a cascade of water from the burst pipe which … Continue reading

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In A Hospital Near You


The sun burns down on them. Him and Geoff as they squat in the desert. Could he use a drink, and he doesn’t mean water, but the enemy are visibly before them  and he has other things to do. Now in the garden shed, … Continue reading

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A Curious Ambition


“So you want to be an artist”, my father had said.,” or at least an entertainer”. What’s the difference” I replied.” An entertainer helps people forget, but an artist wants to remind people of the truth: of  where they are. … Continue reading

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Inconvenient Truths


Recently in the UK, a man died. He was in his eighties and revered as a celebrity who “gave something back” through his “tireless” work for  disadvantaged and sick children. He was often to be seen in his Rolls Royce … Continue reading

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Talent Spotting For Dummies


As a young teenager my main passions were football, and history. You can’t “do” history, or at least not if you’re a small boy, because it’s all in the past, and Henry XIII is too busy getting married again to discuss his … Continue reading

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Historical Perspectives


There is a hobby, not always shyly indulged, for revealing, as a counterpoint to  cramped circumstances, that some ancestor did something famous in a battle, or lived in a castle or was the King of Wongolia or whatever it might be. Reflecting on … Continue reading

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A Raindrops Heritage


I’ve sometimes been gripped by the image of the raindrop, formed of moisture and dropping from the clouds. Some bigger, or smaller, moving faster or slower or in different ways than the human eye can ever distinguish. I imagine them pointing out … Continue reading

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Plastic Penguin with a Propeller on it’s Nose


A Blogging contact, ( aawa ) recently wrote a post about a conversation she had with her freezer. I don’t speak German, but I think the general drift was the freezer was warning her not to leave the door open too long. … Continue reading

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