Greater love hath no man...
The title of this post refers to a very well known line from John's Gospel: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." The surrounding lines provide a bit of c…
Facebook makes you miserable...
I came across this item a few days ago - the hardly surprising revelation thatlurking around on Facebook makes you miserable. Although 'lurking' - looking at social media without interacting with any…
And so in to 2017
My attitude towards New Year's Eve this year was summed up rather well when I went to Asda this afternoon to buy 'the boys' - our 2 cats, Jarvis and Marvin - some cooked chicken. They like this as a t…
Memories of a Sunday afternoon
Since I turned 50, I've occasionally found my thoughts turning back towards my childhood and adolescence. I've no idea why - my parents are both dead, I'm estranged from my biological family and have …
Today me, tomorrow you
A few weeks ago I wrotethis Blog Post around the theme of Today You, Tomorrow Me, a 'pay it forward' sentiment summed up in the attitude of someone doing a favour for someone on the ground of 'Today y…
Want, wear, read, need?
This is a post about Christmas presents. The timing and planning is somewhat off - I intended to write this about 3 weeks ago. If you're still contemplating buying Christmas gifts now, either swiftly…
Adulting....
In recent years I've heard the word 'adulting' used to describe various types of behaviour. I have to say that when I first heard it, I thought it was being used in a joking manner, but it appears th…
The mysterious chicken....
I'm blessed with having a number of caring friends who often surprise me with their generosity. Recent gifts have included fleece's, scarves, choocolate by the barrow load and...well...a raw chicken. …
Small fires in jam jars
By the time I got interested in radio and electronics - when I was about 10 years old, in the early 1970s, most new radios and TVs weren't using valves anymore; you'd still find old stuff in junk stor…
Stamped out....
When I was a kid in the 1960s - even through my teenage years - one of the things that often seemed to start getting publicised at this time of year was the charitable stamp collection. The idea was t…