I’m old enough to remember the farthing, a tiny coin with a wren on it, the significance of which I’ve only just realised. It was worth one quarter of an old penny; a monetary unit so small it’s impossible to relate it to the modern currency. In those days one farthing could buy you one [...]
The most important and the most basic skill to learn is: how to open your eyes. Any attempt to wake up and function properly without learning how to do this is doomed to failure. I must admit that over the years I have tried to leave out this stage but the results; cracked shin bones, [...]
Due to a strong directive from my financial advisor, Lo, she is a terrible Goddess, I’ve been going out to work recently.
My main concern has been how the TG will cope without me.
I was sitting on the sofa this weekend chatting away exploring the possibilities of adapting budgerigars so they could replace mobile phones, the [...]
There are loads of Mister Men from Cool to Rude to Strong
From Tickle to Forgetful, the list is very long
There’s Mister Topsy-Turvy and Uppity and Bump
A Quiet and a Greedy, though there’s no Mr Thump
And then there’s one more Mister that we really can’t ignore
A title lacking gravitas, it’s really rather poor
A person in [...]
I do my best, I’m up for the new
I’ve even made sculptures with elephant poo
I’ve climbed up a hill clutching some brie
To see if I could manage to get down to the sea
And with abacus, ink and a very large hook
I’ve even attempted to write a great book
None of it’s worked or been a success
So [...]
Although it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey here at the moment, the seagulls are insisting on doing their wooing thing. The noise reminds me of ‘that’ scene from When Harry Met Sally … if Sally had strep. Perhaps, what I had assumed were bird droppings on the new [...]
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