No fancy words. No theories, opinions or personal thoughts.
If It's Not Working Then Change The Focus
What's it like to sit with your back to the world?
Not Quite The Seven Ages Of Man
But, as the current world pandemic appears to be driving so many of us back to nature and the attractions of a simpler way of life, I fear that I may just have created a natural successor.
Today, It's My Turn To Struggle
And now, today, it would appear, I have found out that during a lock down in a busy house, there really is nowhere to hide when you need to.
Feeling A Bit Grim, You Know?
I heard those words earlier from someone known for their positive outlook on life.
Anyone Still Remember The Good Old Days?
So last night the lock down was extended. By another three weeks.
Close Proximity And Generational Differences
What do you do when one member of a grown up, locked down, family decides that the rules don't apply to them?
An Appreciation Of Luxury And Opportunity
And to have the time to do things that you rarely get to do can be an unexpected opportunity.
Because This Has Become Our Lives For The Time Being
A global lock down of a kind we only thought possible in second rate sci-fi novels and late night “straight to DVD” movies on obscure cable channels.
It's Spring Jim, But Not As We Know It
Even in black and white times it is hard to resist a splash of colour when you find one.
Because That's What We Need To Do Right Now
And so we sit, a family, together in the same room.
Perhaps The World Has Lost Its Colour
We have been seeing things in black and white, lately, I have noticed
Adventures Of The Slightly Tame But Better With Perspective Kind
How can it be that, sometimes, an action so normal and straight forward seems able to take on a life of its own and become the most difficult thing to complete?
And In Our New Era Of Living More Respectfully
The language of her body told me everything I needed to know.
To Stay At Home Or To Go Out
We are said to be the most social of animals, yet we must now find a way to avoid being true to our nature.
Grey With A Cloud Of Old-English Melancholy
I am drawn to the quiet. To the rundown. To the old and historic, yes, but places away from where the tourists disembark their coaches. Places that are a little rough, perhaps, and those that have, almost certainly, experienced brighter times and better days.
Weather To Walk Dogs By
Heavy set clouds hanging low over rolling, grey / green fields of winter-short grass, lazily dancing in time to the wind, swirling up through a gap in the cliffs way down below by the beach.
People Matter - Number Two of an Occasional Series - Neil
Authentic.
A simple word that means genuine, not false or copied
And as a way of introducing Neil, I can’t help but think that it’s close to perfect.
Todays Headlines, Tomorrows Chip Paper
The posters of hate and division on the wall were fading and starting to peel.
When I Look At Street Furniture
Sometimes, from a certain angle, people look no different to lampposts and bollards.