The African Twilight of the Gods
It is a bright sunny day here in southern England and here are some photographs of the area around where I live to prove it. I am in a bright sunny mood too. Well, my last trip to the hospital…
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The World back to normal – same old story: good for some and bad for others.
The World seems to have returned to normal today. I read in the papers that President Obama had to squeeze the last drop out of the Senate yesterday to get his economic stimulus plan through. Just three Republican senators voted…
A visit to the brain hospital will take my mind of a missed trip to China
A quiet English morning awaits me whilst I get ready to go to hospital for tests and consultation all day today. Finally, I will get to know the condition of my brain after its haemorrhage three months ago, with more…
Madame Butterfly and that Iron Age Knife.
It was a calm and sunny Sunday here today. No roadworks, no snow, no parties, no medical procedures, no nothing.Looking out from the window, white doves were circling the old police station, with sex on their minds. In a gutter…
Back to the Bone
It was back to the hospital yesterday for what is known as a Full Skeletal Survey. No secrets left I guess after all the body scans I have been through over the last three months. I am beginning to feel…
It is so difficult staying calm on doctor orders
This has been a week of anxieties and frustrations – woops, sorry Doctor, I am not supposed to get stressed, I know. Well, all this waiting around for the next stage in my treatment is now over – phew! I…
Kung Fu fighting – so good for the soul.
Rain not snow. Water drips from the gutter. Is it beautiful or a worrying reminder that the gutters need clearing? Or both? I kinda like it. Just as I enjoyed the icicles that hung here briefly yesterday. Pity I didn’t…
You gotta stay cheerful with all those nuclear warheads around.
I am allowed a soppy moment or two, I think. Well even if I am not, let me get away with it, OK. I am feeling a whole lot more cheerful today. Is it the sunshine? Is it that snowdrop…
Should those politicians have had a bit more fun in the snow?
The snow is melting here in South Eastern England. Yesterday’s snow is going but the fun lingers on, at least in memory, for those who embraced the opportunity. Of course, some people had no choice but to get on with…
Freedom!
Yay!!! As everyone here is shouting. We’ve had snow and all the boring things are closed.No schools, no trains to London, no cars on the roads, no buses, no court sessions, no punishment, no work.England, or at least this part…