Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Five
As I sit musing about life, love and tingz I wonder where all the years have gone – my youngest grandaughter was 16 this week – how did that happen? Not to mention great grandchildren. [more…]
Gillygangle
Literature
Embers of The Affair, Part Three
A la recherche du temps perdu (Proust) Together again Lightly falling, sunlight drawing Motes that dance and hue the air Shafts of colour, space and lightness, Draw me to you point the stair. Ah your [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Four
I don’t contribute to the unread comments so these scribblings are sometimes a week or so behind events and thoughts shared on the blog. Phaasch, I feel your pain but also the joy. July 4th [more…]
Literature
Embers of The Affair, Part Two
A la recherche du temps perdu (Proust) There was a time There was a time now long away, when I had peace, a quiet mind, my days were slow, my heartbeat too, those days before [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Three
Interesting reading Never up to the job’s article on digitising family ‘photos, recordings and other memories. A great deal of aechive material to work with. I am at the opposite end of the spectrum as [more…]
Arts
Embers of The Affair, Part One
This is a recollection, in verse, of one of the most momentous periods in my life. But first – a tribute from me to all the lovely GP Laydees: And have you now, and will [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Two
Well, jubilation did not last long! Zia returns to the fold and now we have a Chairman who asserts migrants built the Country! God knows what is going on with Farage and Co. I was [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-One
Great news to see the back of Zia Yusuf. No place for a muslim Chairman in a party one of whose major tenets should be anti mass immigration and preservation of the British way of [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty
While waiting in the shoe shop for Mrs GG I was thinking about Starmer – not only the worst PM in history but one who has collected a great many nicknames; Tool Spanner Sir Kweer [more…]