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100 things
I’ve just updated my list of 100 Things. It’s on the tab at the top of the page. You should try it. It’s not to any pattern or format. It’s about you and it’s 100% honest. If you have a go, PING me so...
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Birthday Girl
Having four kids means that birthdays occur with a startling frequency. We have our routines now which have become tradition: embarrassing collages of photos on social media; banners on the windows and...
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Rant
I sometimes use the WordPress Daily Prompts to kick-start my writing. Today’s inspiration is the word “colorful” (sic). Readers from this side of the Atlantic may twitch at the spelling: that missing...
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Walkies
This year I’ve got back into walking. As a younger man I walked everywhere but family life, middle age ennui etc have meant just lately, not so much. First, I went for short strolls of a mile or two...
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Our House
There’s always something happening, And it’s usually qute loud. sang Sugs in the 80’s and it just about sums up our place. With two teens, an 8 year old and a son with a disability, plus various...
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Tricky plate spinning
I like words like “tricky“, todays WordPress prompt. They sum up concisely some aspects of our lives. It’s tricky when you have a lot of plates to spin. When each aspect of your life needs constant...
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The Misplaced
Some of us are forgetful. We misplace our keys, our glasses, essential paperwork. Sometimes our loyalty, our friendship, our hearts. A few of us are actually misplaced. We are in the wrong place. A bad...
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Abandon Youth
Bit of a rant on the matter of ageing. I’ve long been a believer that who you are is mostly defined by the effect you have on your world, and not so much by what you have experienced....
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Oh, alsorts of stuff.
So, “life”, once again, has kept me away from this blog for a while. Sorry. It’s just the way it is. The living room is decorated. A daughter has completed the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Challenge....
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Gripe #452
If there’s on thing that really gets on my nips, it’s folk not voting but then spending time whining about the folk who are in control. Locally, we’ve had Town Council elections which, despite people...
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Data Addiction
Social media is definitely changing society. Firstly, the level of conversation folk have is substantially higher than it was. My children talk to their friends so much more than I ever did. In shops...
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Mispronunciations
This post was inspired by my efriend Designer Sophisticate’s post about the word Epitome. I recall a similar time from my previous life as a teacher. Now, to put this in context, you need to know I...
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Aspergic Tendencies
This post is inspired by today’s WP Daily Prompt, which is the word Orderly. Have to hold my hand up here and admit to being a bit anal. Clinically so. Did a test once for Aspergers and scored way too...
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Battling the Behemoths
Nobody said that parenting a kid with a disability would be easy. It’s cliche but true. But what is hard is the sense that we all get that the big instituions are trying to take over his care. The...
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Childhood
Childhood is a precious time. A time of discovery, of innocence, of learning. Mine was battered and mashed by circumstance. Our first home was falling down around us and we quickly moved into a small...
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Carers Week UK
This week is Carers Week here in the UK. It’s promoted by a group of organisations to raise awareness. It’s something close to my heart because I’ve watched Mum care for Dad for 40 years and now we...
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That was the year that was…..
We went to Ashley’s Annual Review today at his Special needs primary School. Every kid in the UK with a Statement of Needs must, by law, have an annual review. Ours happen at the end of the school year...
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Bemused
Like many I pride myself in being blessed with a modicum of intelligence. However, lately I struggle to understand some of the things I see and hear in the media and around me. The problems off the...
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Notice To Servants
These are difficult times. However, in order to maintain an acceptable standard of service it is with regret that we find that we have no choice but to dismiss all of the staff...
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Fathers Day
I always struggle with this. Don’t get me wrong. Being festooned with presents is cool and the cards can stay up for a week. But it was never something we celebrated at home. A massive car accident in...
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