PROCRASTINATION

The thief of time: Miss Mona Stangley (Dolly Parton) is the owner of ‘The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas’, according to Hollywood*, offering entertainment of various kinds to many local Texans. However, Melvin P Thorpe, TV reporter, thought otherwise and publicises...

TATTOOS

Tattoos were on the fringe of society many years ago. Not so today.  I fail to understand how anyone in the Western world would want to abuse their body’s skin with tattoos. A small heart, anchor, a word or two I can accept, but face and neck, chest and back,...

SHOPPING DURING LOCKDOWN

COVID-19 arrived and LOCKDOWN was considered necessary to keep Britain safe. The impact of LOCKDOWN was immense. Schools closed, workers were furloughed, and masks were the order of the day when leaving the home and venturing out to shops and healthcare providers....

WORKING FROM HOME

LOCKDOWN followed the arrival of COVID-19, and we were all advised to stay home. If we had to venture out, it was mask on face and supermarkets limited shoppers allowed inside, one in for one out. Schools closed to protect the young, the elderly in care gave cause for...

SPARROWS

From our kitchen window we have watched a flock of sparrows daily descending on the shrubs growing against our fence. A summer flowering Jasmine, a winter flowering one, and a thorny Pyracantha with its red berries in time for winter, providing food and cover which...

INSTANT WORLD

I feel we are all living at a pace that is ruining our health, even shortening our lives. Life in my young days was standing to use the village public telephone, at the bus stop awaiting transport to work, or to go shopping, or to seek entertainment, is now replaced...