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A Few Words For A Departed Friend

4 minute read

You might recall that during my last visit to Germany I received word about an old friend and co-worker that was killed in a motorcycle accident. I’m attendi...

Mr Cranky Pants Goes On Tour

5 minute read

My body performed it’s usual magic trick of waking up a few moments before the pre-programmed alarm clock this morning. I silently switched it off, and crept...

Tilting At Blogging Windmills

1 minute read

I bought a magazine yesterday morning - a magazine all about blogging. Within it’s pages there are interviews with “bloggers of note”, lots of explanatory ar...

Recreate A Single Day

3 minute read

Somehow I have made it to day fourteen of the WordPress Blogging University “Every Day Inspiration” series of daily prompts. Yes, I know I haven’t doneevery ...

Blogosphere Magazine

2 minute read

While escaping from the house this morning on a mission to buy groceries, I happened upon a magazine I first saw a little over a year ago, called “Blogospher...

A Weekend Off

2 minute read

Well this is unexpected. No scheduled football match for Miss 13, rugby cancelled due to lack of numbers, and football called off for Miss 12 due to an unpla...

Unexpected Popularity

2 minute read

The strangest thing has been happening. Maybe not strange, but certainly unexpected. People have been reading my blog posts. Lots of people. Well, a few. Mor...

If We Were Meeting For Coffee Right Now

2 minute read

Although I seem to have missed a few of the WordPress Blogging University “Every Day Inspiration” prompts over the last few days, I am doing them as and when...

A Few Words This Morning

2 minute read

Given that I will be heading south on a succession of trains this evening, I’m taking the chance to write a few words now - at 7:45am.

Writing And Not Writing

1 minute read

Today’s WordPress Blogging University writing exercise is asking me to consider what I might write if I had more time to write: