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When we were first married, we couldn’t afford romantic nights out, all our earnings went to buy our first house, so the following was the best we could do. Still simple pleasures are the best! The Hunt We sat one night peckish, at the goggle box to stare, But the TV was hellish. we craved… Read more
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“It wasn’t his grat he chewed, it was my grat he chewed” Sounds like W.C Fields, or is it something from my own fevered brow? To answer the question, “How do I Express gratitude?”First of all I always try and accept anything offered graciously, non of this “Oh no really I can’t” stuff” Then it’s… Read more
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I’ve mentioned before in my blog, I am a better person now after my cancer six years ago. If I’d have been the man I am now forty years ago we would never have had our two boys, such is my fear for the way the world is heading. Not just the wars but the… Read more
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What Makes a Teacher Great. One who has the skill to make a pupil feel small? One who recognises potential not at all? One who’s way to control his class is by shouting? The ability of each individual he’s doubting? That was my experience of school, When I left each day feeling nought but a… Read more
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I’ve broached this subject before, early on in my blogging days. So to recap, my hobby is building detailed 1/8 scale model cars. I needed to make a part to represent a rubber “S” shaped hose and decided to make a lead bar bend it then paint it black. I needed to use a little… Read more
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I can’t think how to respond to this prompt. So I’ll just ramble on a bit. I’ve had some mental issues, panic attacks, depression, bit of OCD, difficulty socialising. So about two years ago I booked myself in for an autism test, give the beast a name and all that. I had the test earlier… Read more
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The sun shines upon our roof, providing us with electric, sheep’s wool insulation up there keeps us warm, about 400 mm in metric. The rain fall off the roof goes to flush the loos, our wood burner heats the house if I remember to clean the flues. Under our carpets there is foil, the sun… Read more
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It was on a visit to Norfolk to visit our friends. We all have something in common, old cars. Most of our Norfolk friends own Morgan’s, mainly the three wheel variety. Our car though is not so valuable, but we have often ended up towing one Morgan or another when it’s broken down on one… Read more
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When I was a teen, I had a suede leather jacket, an almost exact replica of the one Dylan wears on the sleeve of his second album The Free Wheeling Bob Dylan, I could have worn that jacket until it fell apart. My father though had other ideas. It was at the time of my… Read more
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Spirituality has a massive impact on my life, it is possibly the thing that scares me the most, second to greed, and these two things are linked inextricably. The thought that people can be manipulated and controlled so easily is obnoxious to me. The sooner we learn to control our own destiny the better. It’s… Read more
Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.
Meadowhead Bard 