Health
Medical Musings
This is a warts an’ all musing upon the particular medical state I find myself in as I approach my 86th Birthday. As a soi-disant shortarse (I have lost c. 3 inches in height over [more…]
Musings
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part The Last
Nice comments by Brian and DJM regarding the standard of articles and serials published. They serve to amuse, entertain and educate us. Top notch indeed and I too am certain no other blog can match [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Fifty-Three
I see that ‘The Adults in the Room’ are ploughing depths of idiocy unparalleled in the history of these Fair Isles. Someone, somehow, please make it stop! The number joining Restore is soaring week by [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Fifty-Two
Browsing through my mobile today I came across several notifications – some from Google, the rest from local mosques. Information about dates and timings of Ramadan=a=ding dong – I was actually shocked. WTF??? A Christian [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Fifty-One
I am not a doggie person but I must congratulate TiredofEUlies on her recent show awards. I know how proud my daughter and now my grand-daughter are when they return from riding events with their [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Fifty
Two of my brothers were merchant seamen, the oldest of us (who had the dubious pleasure of being a fellow steward of Two Jags Prescott on the White Star liners) came back from The States [more…]
Literature
Words Part Nine
Three poems on the same theme – make the most of the time that we have. In the first poem two killer lines always get me. ‘But at my back I always hear Time’s winged [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Forty-Nine
Thank you AWS for the article featuring Guyana (British Guiana as was). Funny how things come around. Some of my fondest memories are of Guyana. 3 Para were sent there in August 1964 to boost [more…]
Literature
Words Part Eight
These are two poems which are quintessentially English, I cannot read the first without a tear in my eye. The England that I hope is still capable of saving. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard [more…]