18th December
A great host had assembled at the arena- to take part in the 9th annual games. Two dusty tracks, side by side, next to the Archery field.
I’m not describing the Circus Maximus, but the entertainment area at the Torviscus Playa, Costa Adeje. Continue reading “Let the games begin”
17th December again. (What?- I’ve got some time on my hands!)
Creative writing Ch1.v2
About twenty minutes before landing, the flight crew whipped around with the trolley one last time. I had a tea. Continue reading “Cleanliness is next to Godliness (and drive safely kids!)”
Prologue;
Sarah’s latest bodily repairs have disqualified her from coming on holiday-this time!
So Sarah, lie back on your chair, close your eyes and let us bring you with us, in heart and mind. Continue reading “Creative Writing Ch.1v1 (over milk wood)”
14th December
The militias are only 300 metres away. “It’s the last days” said the teacher from Aleppo on the news last night, in a homemade video message. Continue reading “A Christmas message”
13th December
There is no instruction manual for life. And life is full of cares and woes- for all of us, without exception. Continue reading “A Christmas Gift”
12th December
A senior leader of unnamed profession, recently took my wife for coffee, in the misunderstanding that it was to console her, cheer her up, and take her mind off my diagnosis. Continue reading “Golf and Pride”
4th December
No one is what or who they appear- don’t judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes.
Or in the words of Harper lee;
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
(N.b. for the politically correct among us read, he or she) Continue reading “To Kill A Misconception”
30th November
Yesterday I went for a haircut at the local barbershop. I try to time it when the kids are at school. This is so I don’t have to wait for two hours, wedged on the long bench, next to a mum and her extraordinarily long-haired triplets. Continue reading “Vanity, exercise and diversity.”
29th November
After some pretty low, lows and both exhausted by appointments, meetings and phone calls; the seemingly endless talking and explaining that goes with cancer- we declared today a ‘no cancer day.’ Continue reading “A walk at the seaside”
24th November (again- part 2)
Apart from visiting the lodge yesterday, I mentioned that we had a hospital appointment and it would be amiss of me not to cover it. Continue reading “Forgiveness and a cause for celebration”
