Friday morning passed by on leaden feet. I had worried about walking the treadmill. Didn’t have to. I lay on a couch and the doctor injected me with some magic potion that made my heart think it was working flat out. The worst part was signing a note that said I wouldn’t sue the hospital if I died. “Died!” Apparently the magic potion has been … Continue reading The doctor’s report.

This poem is one, I remember, that even then I was not sure what I meant. I still don’t know but I like it anyway. Lifting the sun With delicate care I placed it upon the tree And ran to the top of the hill To watch it shing there. My fingers, my hands, were burning And the flesh was peeling back – So I … Continue reading Interlude #5

Nothing exciting happened today. But I do want to tell you that it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be if you are required to abstain from coffee for 24 hours. I did wake up early on purpose and made a coffee at 6 o’clock. Took it back to bed. Fell asleep and the coffee was cold when I woke up. By the way – … Continue reading A sans caffeine day.

In my early twenties my life – apart from work and study – was a continuing traffic jam of being in love and being out of love. I either fell deep or I despaired. But I thought I was the only one who was experiencing such a life. I’m older now and I wonder what I could have said if I could have known then … Continue reading Interlude #4

There is a bird – an owl – that has an onomatopoeic name. It is the Mopoke where I lived back then. It is called the Boobook in reference books. The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), is a species of owl native to mainland Australia. Its name is derived from its two-tone boo-book call. There are eight subspecies. They have a very distinctive call and when I was a little … Continue reading Mopoke.

And so the conversation continued and little Dougie’s father says how nice it would be and Dougie and Millie will look forward to Thursday with great delight and after the conversation concluded with joy and happy anticipation Dougie’s grandfather got dressed and forgot what day it was and drove down to the station to go and visit the grandchildren. That is how a Thursday in … Continue reading Level Crossing incident

A very quick note to tell you that if you didn’t see all seventeen photographs I have tweaked the post and they are worth a second look I think. I changed a slide show into a Tiled Mosaic.   Continue reading A horse a horse my kingdom etc etc

I would have said it was  cold and damp and miserable outside at 3.20 but I was warm and sleeping when the phone yelled out with that urgent sound of a message coming in and the only person who would do that to me at that time of the morning would be Michael who’s in hospital with two knee reconstructions and he can’t sleep and … Continue reading 3.20 am

Intro:- I asked some time back, and have asked before, that if you would like me to look at something special I would love to. tennessee892 asked me for some pictures of horses and Ankur Mithal  of darkofficehumour asked; “John, is there any chance you could show us pix of some sporting action amongst common people?”  So, first in best dressed as they say. I … Continue reading A horse by any other name will always be a horse.

Please feel free to stop reading and make a cup of coffee and get on with your otherwise uninterrupted day while I waffle on about my morning because someone will read it and that’s all I want. I have a little bit of arthritis in my back and knees and shoulders and neck and brain – that last bit is what my ex-wife would have … Continue reading Single in a double bed.