I want to talk about pool etiquette. I’ve only been swimming a handful of times since in the past month or so but already I’m getting upset with people who don’t follow pool etiquette; or at least pool etiquette as far as well I’m concerned. There are certain good behaviours and bad behaviours that should… Continue reading Pool etiquette (34.2022)
Category: Review
The big dry continues (32.2022)
I'm wondering if it's fair of me to think sometimes that the human race really has outlived its usefulness. If I were the owner of this planet, I would be thinking serious about issuing a 30 day lease break notification, telling the human race, You have 30 days to tidy things up - shut down… Continue reading The big dry continues (32.2022)
Harvest time (29.2022)
You know who I keep thinking about? Barb from season one Stranger Things. I don’t know why, but I keep picturing her sitting by the pool while her friends are off upstairs. Sitting there feeling sad, feeling pissed off and (spoilers!) about to be eaten by a monster. Although she doesn’t know that. We just… Continue reading Harvest time (29.2022)
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It’s been an exciting and busy week this week starting with two more comedy events, our last of the Red Imp Edinburgh warm up season. The first of these featured Robin Ince as the headline act. Robin Ince is a very clever and very funny man, and I really wanted to listen to him. However… Continue reading (30.2022)
Looking ahead – and backwards (27.2022)
I haven't written a weekly update for some time - sorry about that. I've been letting other things take up my time and as a result have not focussed much on this blog. Some short headline life news: I didn't get the job I applied for. I am not terribly upset about it. I think… Continue reading Looking ahead – and backwards (27.2022)
Back into it (23.2022)
I hope you’ll excuse my recent burst of silence. I’ve been back from Australia for a while but was not much motivated to write last weekend, so you’ll miss all of my insightful comments on the Queen’s Jubilee. Actually I didn’t watch any of the pageantry or concerts or… any of it. We celebrated the… Continue reading Back into it (23.2022)
Bones of grief (20.22)
My last post indicated some kind of travel was in my future. It turned out that travel was a lot closer than I expected. The day after my last post was published was a Monday. I was in the office when I got word from my family that my mother had passed away. It wasn't… Continue reading Bones of grief (20.22)
How to be a winner and loser at the same time (19.22)
Good and bad news this week. Let's start with this week’s bad news: I lost a friend. Not a real friend, but someone whose voice I have listened to intently over the last two years. Someone whose relaxing tone helped me feel calm and focussed; someone who made me laugh; someone who helped me calm… Continue reading How to be a winner and loser at the same time (19.22)
Gruntled and Gormful (18.22)
Wordplay Isn't the English language a funny thing? We were discussing this week the idea of being gormless. It's one of those anti-words that doesn't really have a postive version. You can be gormless but not gormful. Why is that? Why does gormless persist as a word but gormful doesn't? And what it gorm? But… Continue reading Gruntled and Gormful (18.22)
May I? May 1 (17.2022)
Back from holidays and in need of some catching up with this blog and with all my writing in general. I'm carrying a lot of thoughts around in my head and I really need to start putting them down on real or virtual paper. I need to get back onto a more regular writing routine,… Continue reading May I? May 1 (17.2022)
Tales from Tobhamhor 