I was privileged as a very small child to actually catch a glimpse of Father Christmas early on Christmas morning. I was very excited already but I shall always remember that moment as that mysterious figure in red hurried from…
I am celebrating getting some more of my poetry published today. Three of my Fibonacci poems are out today in The Fib Review – have a look on I had my weekly kung fu lesson on Monday afternoon and…
The snow is receding this morning so I went out to see what had happened to the plants in my garden which have been buried since last Thursday when it looked like the picture below. We are lucky here in…
The great British freeze continues and us Brits can’t get enough of it – talking about it I mean. We have had such a good time with our favourite topic of conversation, the weather and there has been a lot…
Forgive me all you readers lying out there in the sun or now in your second month of deep snow but here in Lewes in the South of the UK, we are not that used to real snow at Christmas…
This morning I have been down to my local gym. It is in a local hotel, just round the corner from my house and well equipped with that efficient and friendly atmosphere that hoteliers try to inspire… it is high…
I had my weekly kung fu lesson yesterday and we talked about that note from the neurologist which said that I can know get back to aerobic training after this year since my brain haemorrhage where I have not been…
I now have the go ahead from my neurologist to start aerobic training again after over a year of recovery from my brain haemorrhage. In that time I have been practising my kung fu patterns and my 66 move taichi…
Pulling my bedroom curtains this morning I felt a warm cozy glow at the sight of those frosty rooftops and the rose-hued morning sky. It is winter, the view told me, and everything is in order. Looking out of my…
I was asked to write a Haiga today. A what? I asked. It is a Haiku incorporated into its own illustration. As it is a Japanese art form and as the Japanese are highly skilled in calligraphy and the most…