Perhaps the colour, a kind of electric, coral blue if there is such a thing, didn’t help as it undoubtedly made her stand out as she waited patiently on the platform.
Black Lives Matter Because All Lives Matter
Such a powerful statement. And such a sad reflection of our modern society that we not only have to remind people of this but also defend and justify the need to say it.
A Few Thoughts On Getting Up Off Your Arse And Turning Your Television Off
We paused frequently for photographs but I fear that none will do justice to the fields of swaying wild flowers backed by moody hills and heavy clouds that we experienced.
Those Who Just Got Born Lucky
How can a place that looks and feels so peaceful have such a wretched past?
Perhaps A Simple Life Really Is All We Need
We may never come this way again.
The Fake And The Greedy Being Fake And Greedy
Being yourself, being true and authentic, in a fake and greedy world.
Well, that’s a challenge for most of us, right? What feels honest and true to me will no doubt feel like little more than a cry for help to others.
Boom. And There It Is.
And it almost passed me by, what with filling my head with things that ultimately mean little and placing obstacles, finding obstacles, and allowing them to stop me.
No, Really, You Can Go Outside Now
It's as if we have been hidden away for such a long time and, now that the door had been unlocked and left open, people are too scared to step outside again.
A Monday Afternoon Conversation
“Quirky,” she said, “that’s what I always wanted to be.”
A Cure For Pandemic Grumpiness Perhaps
And that’s about as close as I can get to accurately describing how I feel most of the time these days. They seem to fluctuate, my emotions that is, in this energy sapping world of social denial and peer judgment that we have all been inhabiting for far too long.
How Can I Tell People They Are Being Mislead When They Think That I Am The Problem?
It may look like what you think it is, but it’s not.
Things rarely are.
People rarely are.
For No Reason Other Than You Can
I’m sure many of us feel this way at times. Some of us more often than others, of course. Many of us blessed with a sense of personal awareness will know that what others think of us is irrelevant to keeping our own happiness at a healthy level. But we also know that there are times when such a view is just plain wrong.
There's A Lot Of Dignity In Going Out Like A Raspberry Ripple
The sun shone, we drove to the sea and were actually allowed to behave like normal people for a while. It wasn’t warm but seriously, this is England, who cares?
The Accumulation Of Wealth And Stuff And Things
Because we are not the large bank balance, the expensive house or the new car. We are not even the exam results or the job title or the company that employs us.
And Then, Of Course, I Chose To Ignore It
Driving past a place that I have driven past before, I realised that I had never really seen it. Noticed, yes, but never properly seen. A place so quintessentially English with it’s old-fashioned village green, church and pond.
The Trouble With Curtain Twitchers
This lock down thing, it gets under your skin and into your head at times.
We have become a country split down the middle and we all know people in the rule followers and rule breakers camps. Those that are terrified of everything and everyone and those that think enough is enough.
A Cow In A Puddle
A few weeks ago I shared a photograph of a dog in a puddle.
Fun, perhaps, but nothing special I hear you say, and you would probably be right.
Winter, For A Change
It’s been like winter here, proper winter, for a change.
I know we had some snow a couple of weeks back. But that lasted just a few hours before it disappeared.
A Waterlogged, Muddy, No-Go Zone And Lemons
It’s been a wet winter. And grey. Wet and grey.
Sometimes, Things Come Along At Just The Right Time
And when the never ending monotony of grey and wet and generally miserable days drains your mood and slowly, insipidly, chips away at your mental health.