It’s Meerkat Muse time! We are into April! The fourth month of the year brings with it the chance to ease lockdown measures (providing the R number of the Coronavirus continues to fall), which in turn means the bathroom showroom where I work can reopen! Currently the intention is to swing open our doors on […]
Yes my ‘kats, it is time for the Meerkat Muse! So, what have the last two weeks delivered? There is a light at the end of the lockdown tunnel (which I nearly misspelled in a most alarming way), though at the time of writing, we still have a few weeks to go before the showroom […]
February! We look to the horizon, in hope, though alas there is still a long way to go before normality returns. I wish Covid-19 was not the dominating factor behind so many Muses, but it’s impossible to avoid how the pandemic treads upon virtually all aspects of our lives. Take work for example. Over the […]
… Grows a forest. Recently my daughter has expressed a desire to peer into the family history, and in doing so fired up a renewed interest of my own. Others in my family have already been tracing the family tree, and uncovered more than I could have imagined. So far, the research relates to my […]
Greetings ‘kats. It’s that time again, when I regal you with recent tales of my epic exploits. Alright calm down, it’s not going to be remotely that interesting. The ‘exploits’ involve little more than the cycle of work, work, and more work, albeit with one or two curiosities… Work The situation has reached the point […]
I’d thought I’d deleted this, but my old Livejournal account is still, um, live. You could describe it as a window to a time of… Well, I’m not sure. A time when I lived in Stevenage and not Basildon, a time transitioning between towns and careers, and some observations of my life and work at […]
Yup, 2020 is nearly over, so now is the time to reflect on what’s been a transformative year for so many of us. After this year, surely, surely, the only way is up? But I’m going to resist speculating on 2021, for a number of reasons – let’s focus on this year. Career Changes Early […]
It’s been a strange year and at times a tremendous challenge, but tomorrow is Christmas Day, and I hope you all find a measure of peace and happiness tomorrow. From me to all of you…
What’s happening ‘kats? How are we all doing? Washing behind the ears? Listening to the dulcet tones of Phil Collins (who is playing on the radio as I type)? As I begin to write up this latest muse, I am reflecting upon a week’s worth of activity and it’s a pretty packed week. Considering there’s […]
Wednesday 16th September 2020 My wife and I have now been married for eleven years. I’m not going to jump up and down and proclaim I know the secret of a long marriage, though eleven years might be judged as long these days. I might make a few points around having a happy marriage though […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
In recent days I have been having a ‘back and forth’ with Citizen Tom on the subject of education. Tom believes that education should be in private hands, which he believes would therefore be subject to the whim and will of parents. He does not like what state education teaches, and considers it to immoral. […]
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