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Morning George!
I awoke on Saturday morning to the gentle and chummy chit chat of Radio Four and what I thought was the sound of housework. This was as odd as it was unsettling. There was a strange smell too - gone was the usual ass and wet dog smell that hangs in the air and despite [...]
The List
For reasons more complicated than the enigma code and ultimately more depressing than an Eastenders all-set-in-one-room-with-only-two-characters special I hadn't seen my son for quite a few years. That's right I have a son, he's quite the young chap about town too. But thankfully this situation has been rectified over the past few months and small [...]
“A nurse in the family? It’d be like having private healthcare”
The house was quiet all evening. The only sound was the relentless march of time as the clock on the wall 'tick tocked'. This was unusual as it's never been known to make any noise let alone tick tock. There were a few long sighs from The Cousin and even Drumgor sat passive and sullen, [...]
Disability Envy…
Ah there is nothing like the first smoke nicotine replacement lozenge puff of your asthma inhaler of the day. From the unique, and lets not lie about this, and wonderful first drag from a hand rolled cigarette to the uber nerdy suck from the blue pipe of failure it's been a disappointing journey. One wonders [...]
Oh the Puffing Irony!
"Blow into this" I looked at him sceptically but being old school and having respect for doctors and their ilk I did just that, I blew into the blow counter thingy. "No, no a proper, big boy, blow" Skepticism was sharply replaced with passive aggression. But I blew again as best I could. I found this [...]
“One Whinge at a Time”
I've to go to the doctor's today, which is disappointing. There's nothing, very, wrong I hope, just a few issues with regard to breathing. So like I say, nothing serious then. My ability to both draw in and expel air has become somewhat of a challenge over the last week or so. This became most [...]
Its just some boy, probably dressed in corduroy
Pubble and I decided to take a half day on Tuesday and treat ourselves to some afternoon delight. I find there to be nothing more delightful than eating ring doughnuts atop the bed with lashings of tea and a rather informative programme on the television about sheep rustling in the North of England. Pubble, it [...]
Never send The Cousin to do another Cousin’s chores…
It was late one Sunday evening and I was having a quiet moments reflection. This quiet moments reflection was taking the form of staring out the window whilst indulging in the rather wonderful produce of the winemakers of the Loire Valley. It was Très bon! Now, I hadn't planned to spend the day staring out [...]
A Faithful Adaptation of a Classic (this is not one of those)
It was three in the morning and the rain was beating hard against the window. It was the only sound to be heard, well that and the hum of the fridge's motor as it clicked on and off. I got to thinking that it was the hardest working and least appreciated thing in the house. [...]
Hard Boiled Ye Say….
It was about half eleven last evening and the front door slammed shut. In walked a rather flushed and worn out looking cousin. He was soaked to the skin but wore a sheepish grin. I was sitting at the kitchen table, that I had laid for dinner four hours earlier. I was not best pleased. [...]
