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

Post 513: A return to a little home-work and a salmon supper.

2026-09-20T05:16:35Z

Post 513: A return to a little home-work and a salmon supper. Starting at the end and not the start I had a great time with som U3a homework set for everyone’s entertainment; this week it was the creative writing group asking for a short story...(read more)

Post 512: What did go bump in the night?

2026-09-19T03:14:11Z

Post 512: What did go bump in the night? The question was a good one and I was called in to get the answer, but that will have to wait. I woke up to another ok day and a quiet cat. Perhaps he’s feeling the changes of the seasons and feels lik...(read more)

Post 511: The tattoo parlour and a wonderful tribute.

2026-09-18T02:47:40Z

Post 511: The tattoo parlour and a wonderful tribute. But first I should add to the replies yesterday about Doctor- locum’s and Patient notes which seem to be to separate worlds in the cancer arena. Overnight I had prepared in my head two dif...(read more)

Post 510: Hey Doc, what are you on?

2026-09-17T05:40:15Z

Post 510: Hey Doc, what are you on? Is there anything like having a chat to a person that’s fully committed to a bad idea and gives you a load of bullshit about it even though he’s wrong. That was the unexpected twist to my blood test re...(read more)

Post 509: I forgot to say…

2026-09-16T05:05:04Z

Post 509: I forgot to say… How rude of me not to mention my appetite in the last few days, it’s staggering, I’m a food hoover all of a sudden. The sudden and wild ride I’m now on with eating everything in sight was pushed t...(read more)

Post 508: Do not over do it Mr U.

2026-09-15T04:39:46Z

Post 508: Do not over do it Mr U. With no Monday feeling at all but a desire to get a new prescription I headed into town, without the aids of a car to get there. Again there was cloudy mist cover as morning broke into afternoon without any rain to...(read more)

Post 507: Too good to be true, my new shoes.

2026-09-14T06:47:00Z

Post 507: Too good to be true, my new shoes. It’s great when a plan comes together and today the plan was faultless. Looking out of the window where cat was singing his f xx to me, or was it just the same whining about feeling hungry, ha ha. ...(read more)

Post 506: Yes, another sunny day.

2026-09-13T05:09:26Z

Post 506: Yes, another sunny day. With my Darling gone to work at 4am and not back till 2pm I’m left in the house alone, or should it read, while the cats away the mice will play. The cat was fed early and lately he’s been happy just to...(read more)

Post 505: Nature all around, but so to is good news.

2026-09-12T04:39:58Z

Post 505: Nature all around, but so to is good news. With photos of the changes in the season coming thick and fast I’ve noticed some grasses that are beautifully painted although we know it’s “just” Mother Nature. But while...(read more)

Post 504: Getting back on the bus?

2026-09-11T00:14:02Z

Post 504: Getting back on the bus? It’s only today I realised about how little I’ve spent thinking or mentioning the bus, of this blog. The whole reason to start this blog was to spread the situation I was in to all my family and friend...(read more)

Post 503: Digestion issues remain.

2026-09-10T06:51:21Z

Post 503: Digestion issues remain. For the third time in a week a lovely dinner was wasted after a few gurgles. I don’t want to use the chalk blocker pill but I might have to get some after this week. The thing is, I feel OK and am not sufferin...(read more)

Post 502: Love food, love Slimming World.

2026-09-09T03:11:08Z

Post 502: Love food, love Slimming World. It’s an amazing job my Darling has done, using the Slimming World club to lose 2½ stone or more lately, and the gift of an apron is an added bonus she’s got from a raffle win. My Darling ha...(read more)

Post 501: Thank you for your kind words of support.

2026-09-08T06:55:22Z

Post 501: Thank you for your kind words of support. With an outpouring yesterday that came from nowhere, it is comforting to know someone’s there. At times there’s a fear that nobody’s there and, lo and behold, there’s a load ...(read more)

Post 500: I’ve got the dentist today.

2026-09-07T06:49:00Z

Post 500: I’ve got the dentist today. So here we are — Post 500. And unfortunately, it’s not exactly a barrel of laughs. I’ve got the dentist today for a check-up, and there is a letter for him to sign regarding the acid in...(read more)

Post 499: Still not right, like the carnival lights.

2026-09-06T07:17:56Z

Post 499: Still not right, like the carnival lights. “We Burn for Charity” had to be scrubbed from all areas tonight when the national regulations turned an ancient tradition into a modern fob-off, with no burning hand-held torches allowe...(read more)