Earlier today my wife, daughter and I took a walk to Bas Vegas (google it, trust me it’s a thing) to see an Easter event – namely a gathering of…
Category: Family
Feeling Loved
This post is dedicated to my wife. When I awoke this morning, I felt (and still do feel, as I have since we met), loved up and content. No one…
Theft, Fire and Fecklessness
As my wife and I walked home after sorting out some stuff in town today, we spied something in the bushes that we hadn’t expected to find – a moped,…
An Addendum
In my previous post I was quite reflective on taking the time to notice things and learn about the world around us – after the frightful events in Belgium earlier…
Return of the King
Eleven and a half years ago, a few months after we met, my wife and I booked a weekend in London – a quiet hotel on a November weekend. I…
A Letter to my Daughter
I’m staring at a blank page, fingers poised above the keyboard, wondering what I will say to you as I write this. Right now, you are five years old, you…
The Year that was… 2015
As 2015 slowly winds down (I’ve started to write this at the end of November), I find myself moved, as always, to compose my thoughts on the year gone by…
Christmas Songs, really?!
It’s like a switch is thrown in the brains of every managing director, CEO, shop owner and store manager. November 1st is go time for Christmas! Cue festive streamers, signs,…
Unwelcome Visitors
Recently my wife, daughter, step-daughter and her daughter spent a week in Great Yarmouth. It was nice to get away from all the stresses and strains for a short while,…
Things to look forward to
As February slowly gives way to March (crawling slowly on its belly as it happens), I look back upon the first two months of the year with… well, I don’t…