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Continue reading →: Home time
Poured mum a large one (watched Liam’s eyes pop) and said our goodbyes. Back to the Norbiton Dragon to watch Ulster beat Treviso then on to the Cardinal for Italian grub. Mum’s parting words might shock or alarm, but objectively are what one might say aged 86 and looking down…
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Continue reading →: Live music – hard to beat
My Friday night led on from a hard day’s mooching about and a shortish hospital visit. The youngster didn’t fancy joining the old man, so he returned to study some more. He tries to make me feel guilty about my perceived idleness, but I’m not going to interrupt my nap…
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Continue reading →: I’m a Type 2 kind of guy
Fat people of the world unite. I have seen the light, or rather the book (because I’m a bookie, no that’s not right) Dr Michael Mosley is my new guru. The 8-week blood sugar diet is a book packed with hope and inspiration for prediabetics and Type 2 diabetics everywhere.…
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Continue reading →: jdscribe.com revived
My mother is now recovering well and may be medically discharged within a week. I have stayed away from the hospital for a couple of days because of a cold. During that time I have revived jdscribe.com, an online service aimed at polishing up documents written in English. I registered…
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Continue reading →: North Lothian what?
God was fed up with the Scots and English always fighting, so he suggested a way to resolve matters. There would be a poetry competition. It would be a 4 line poem including the word Timbuktu. The English chose Wordsworth, and this was his poem I went into a foreign land…
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Continue reading →: Simple pleasures
Some might describe me anthropologically as a nomadic hunter gatherer. Far be it for me to dispute the appellation. Last night my gathering took place in West London. An area that I should have been more familiar with since I had attended Ealing Technical College back in the 1970s. The…
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Continue reading →: Chelsea beat Arsenal – fairly?
Diego Costa got the Oscar (and an Arsenal player red carded) for a supposed trip. Was there any contact? I’m not sure, but 10 Arsenal players couldn’t beat the blues at home. I will not be popular with my fellow Chelsea supporters, but this is the sort of trickery that…
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Continue reading →: London – but not as I knew it
My bike rides along the South Bank have shown me a London that has changed a lot since we emigrated to Ireland in 2000. Not just the Shard, but a scattering of new glass and steel shapes have sprung up in the City of London. The West End looks much the same…
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Continue reading →: C is for cold
Do I wear a mask on the ward or simply stay away until I have got rid of my cold? Not sure about that, so I’ll probably ask the senior nurse. I’m reading Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk. The writing and its subject matter are unusual. Falconry and bereavement are…
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Continue reading →: Thai food and Ulster victorious
Today was a good day. I woke early as usual, which meant that I got some chores out of the way before 10 o’clock and was able to head for Borough Market. The place was heaving with food fans, tourists and anyone who just fancied something different for lunch. I had…
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