To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  • Post 354: Beds, chairs and teriyaki tofu.

    Post 354: Beds, chairs and teriyaki tofu. With tomorrow’s oncology meeting in mind I’m struggling to find anything concrete to note down to remember to say. That’s a good problem to have but you never know what around the corner. ...
  • Post 353: Asking for help in the garden, and getting caught in the headlights.

    Post 353: Asking for help in the garden, and getting caught in the headlights. Spring cleaning has to be one of the strangest — and most satisfying — urges of the year. It just arrives. Out of nowhere, there’s this pull to sort th...
  • Post 352: Old Mother Hen and some Volvo kindness.

    Post 352: Old Mother Hen and some Volvo kindness. With the care and loving attention of a rare-breed hen, I gathered my chocolate eggs onto the kitchen worktop — partly for safety, partly for display — but mostly because I was proud of t...
  • Post 351: Emotions on the tip of my tongue.

    Post 351: Emotions on the tip of my tongue. For three days in a row now I’ve been unable to hold back the tears, “but heaven knows I’m miserable now” — The Smiths. Yesterday’s (blog) outpouring — poem or no...
  • Desperation lines.

    Desperation lines. (353:385) (By Dysfunctional Dave) Just roll over she says aloud, in front of all my friends. But I think to myself that’s easy for you but I just can’t, it bloody hurts. I now feel worse because deep inside I’v...