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You can’t do anything about getting older – You just have to know how to handle it! Keep your body as fit and as strong as possible with exercise to stave off pain and stiffness.  Exercise corrects your posture but … Continue reading →

Today I was in a shoe shop that sells only shoes, nothing else. A young girl with a tattoo and green hair walked over to me and asked, “What brings you in today, I looked at her and said, “I’m … Continue reading →

The reason why A few weeks ago, one of my offspring asked me, “is there anything you haven’t done?” I’m not sure if this was meant as an admiring observation, or whether it was the words of someone who was … Continue reading →

The Young Man of the Sea with apologies to Ernest Hemmingway Throughout Hemingway’s career as a writer, he maintained that it was bad luck to talk about writing: that it takes off! whatever butterflies have on their wings. Well I … Continue reading →

At my great age it is obvious that I am going to lose a few friends and I often used to tell my buddies in the SBS that I was going to be the ‘last man standing’ this has become … Continue reading →

The title is a famous saying about the Sacred Mountain. My blog is about climbing it it on a third occasion. What does that say about me? Climbing Mount Fuji (3776 meters), Japan’s highest and most prominent mountain, can make … Continue reading →

In two months it will be the second anniversary of my lockdown sentence.  On March 2nd 2019, the much revered National Health Service, wrote to me personally, advising me that I was “special” inasmuch as I am very old and … Continue reading →

Do Wokes have an alternative word for a black marketeer? To set the record straight, my mother wasn’t the most lovable person I’ve ever met, in fact, when the chance came at the age of 13, I couldn’t wait leave … Continue reading →

I had a free £20 Amazon Gift Card, so being a nice person, I asked my darling wife, ‘Pollyanna’; if she would needed anything?  She opted for some new knickers.  What else can you buy a lady who has everything? … Continue reading →