Side Issue

Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. I don’t particularly respect professional athletes. I appreciate their skills, am thrilled when they win, but that’s where it stops. I respect people who try to make a difference. Years ago our footballers were overpaid divas, arrested for driving big fat cars unnecessarily fast, andContinueContinue reading “Side Issue”

Just for You

To my fellow bloggers who seek to help, to entertain, to create change. Especially the many who write about peace, share helpful advice, reach out their hands across borders, across perceived barriers, to chat to people of different races, creeds, and cultures. Who share insights into other worlds, which is so important for connection. ThisContinueContinue reading “Just for You”

Clarence: The Return of the Say-Aye!

…Or you’ll be suspended from Parliament, thrown to the wolves, locked in the Tower of London below water level, and sent to the opposition benches if the parts of you left don’t drown! Aye equals yes the PM approves of me, Nay equals oh sh…dear…I shouldn’t have done that and the Whips are heading myContinueContinue reading “Clarence: The Return of the Say-Aye!”

New Zealand

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. Aotearoa -Land of the Long White Cloud Tony originates from Wellington, so of course it was important that I went home to meet the family. At the time I was suffering from acute anxiety. I’d been through a very stressful time. Broken marriage, meetingContinueContinue reading “New Zealand”

Clarence: Oh Lord…

They’re Coming Back! Let the lying and insults begin. Don’t worry about us, we’ll keep on keeping on, making the best we can of the mess you make. The pensioners will take to their beds for the winter under five quilts if they can afford them. If not they can always buy a tent, putContinueContinue reading “Clarence: Oh Lord…”

Light and Welcoming

What does your ideal home look like? Not as fancy or big. It’s the light that attracts me. Long, low, not a straight line, U-shaped probably, with a conservatory in the U. Doors that slide right back in the summer. In truth it’s not the house it’s location and land. Quiet. Fairly isolated. Big gardenContinueContinue reading “Light and Welcoming”