Can you hear me now?

Question: why do my eyes move from side to side when I’m concentrating on the stereo effects of a song on my iPod? Just because I’ve got Moni Drasch yodelling in my right ear doesn’t mean I’ll see her when I look over to my right. The sun was shining again today and, according to [...]

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Almost, but not quite

I went for my first walk in a very long time today. I thought that I might finally be able to make it more than 2 yards beyond the end of the drive before the burning desire to pee descended upon me. I didn’t expect to do the whole of my usual route of about [...]

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Hangin’ with the Nowlans

Man, I’m going to be in trouble if I don’t write something here before I see Lauren next Tuesday. There’s already been threats and petrol bombs. Ok, I exaggerate. Just petrol bombs. Suzy, Lauren and I are going to an oriental restaurant in Tonbridge to bathe in hoi sin sauce next Tuesday. As the restaurant [...]

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Senses

It doesn’t matter how often I go for a walk, there’s always something new to assault my senses: the cold, cold iron gates; nature’s unexpected gift of a pheasant’s feather in the lane; rotting apples hidden in the grass; the first icy puddles of winter crunching underfoot; the smell of someone’s dinner escaping from their [...]

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Squirrel

First things first: happy birthday, Hubert. Second things second: went for a walk today and met the most delightful squirrel. There he was, just sitting in a tree, soaking up the sun. I was able to get good and close to him before he finally got up the nerve to move and scampered off up [...]

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Bang, rat-a-tat, boom

After yesterday’s foray into photographing fireworks, I naturally had further opportunities today. For those who don’t know, it’s Bonfire Night/Guy Fawke’s Night/Fireworks Night in the UK and this year it’s the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when young Mr Guy Fawkes and his gang planned to make the Houses of Parliament go kaboom. I [...]

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