What I don't write about

Reading time: < 1 min Every now and then I get a notion to write about something that irks me, a point of view or statement made by someone else that doesn’t sit quite right with me. I’ll fire up notepad, create a new blank file, and start typing in an effort to coral both my thoughts and the random…

Random thought of the day

Reading time: < 1 min I was at the Skunk Anansie gig last night and there were a lot of tattoos on display. A lot of them on women including one full lower arm piece. It got me thinking. To have a large piece of ink on display, pretty much all the time, takes an attitude and lifestyle but which…

First World Problems

Reading time: 3 mins I’ve been in my flat for just over a week now, I’ve unpacked as much as I can until I purchase more bookcases and it’s starting to feel like home. The living room is a wonderful big space with lots of light, the kitchen is way bigger than my simple needs but allows me to…

The last weekend

Reading time: < 1 min Sunday night will be the last night I spend in the house in Hamilton (trying to get out of the habit of calling it ‘home’). Removal van arrives on Monday morning and, by the afternoon, everything will have been moved into my new home. So, barring a final visit to give it a quick clean…

Principles, Schminciples

Reading time: 2 mins I’ve never been the type of person who sticks hard and true to a set of internal, moral and ethically drive, rules. I don’t believe the world works that way, there is no black and white, only various shades of grey. Unless, of course, I decide that something is black, or white. Then it is,…

13 (+1)

Reading time: < 1 min Unlucky for some (the future lies ahead). As they say (whoever they are). Had hoped to not to be here when this rolled around (but it’s only a number). Life goes on (14 years is a long time). Always (there are many years ahead). Without fail (life goes on). Nothing is truly unlucky (nor is…