The big fat ginger pony had his teeth done today. Other ponies deal with this by opening their mouths and waiting politely for the dentist to finish, before closing their mouths and carrying on about their pony business. The big fat ginger pony, however, takes a different approach. His preference is to require a vet,…

I swam in the sea this week. First time since moving to live so close to it. It was really warm. Ok, so we were experiencing a major heatwave, and the heatwave has now abated, so that might be an annual event, but still. Box ticked and all that. I’ve been thinking a lot about…

Blog gaps are great for generating content. I’m spoilt for choice. I think I’ll write a little list of personal news items. Firstly because that’s a nice easy way to cover off the gap of the last few months, and secondly because it’s always nice, from a personal satisfaction perspective, to recount a few achievements…

All the standard things that everyone cites as making them feel old, make me feel old. Seeing a lot of medical professionals really hammers home the ‘doctors are looking younger and younger’ one in particular. Same with police (although I’ve had less frequent contact with that profession, just to be clear). Anyway, alongside the getting…

Well, here’s a turn up. Me. I’ve turned up again. Unexpectedly really, I’ve even surprised myself. It’s been about 9 months since my last blog post. Which I feel bound to note, confessional style. Because there has been some weird guilt hanging over me for most of those 9 months. A sort of minor nagging…