I can’t help wondering about things. I’m like an annoying toddler who’s just learnt the word ‘why?’. I like facts, and I like answers. I know things are rarely black and white, and that in between, there are way more than just fifty shades of grey. I know that finding a reason why something has…

So I’m reading a book. It’s a book I could have written. I mean, obviously I couldn’t – not literally. I’m not a writer. To be clear, this is an actual proper book, written by someone with a huge number of writing credentials. An actual proper writer. So no, it isn’t a book I could…

I’ve taken a few days of annual leave. I had a few days left to use up, nothing planned. Actually that’s not strictly true. I did make a plan. I actively planned to do nothing. A few catch ups here and there with old friends. The odd trip up to London. Bit of horse riding….

For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to work out why, when I look in the mirror, I feel as if I don’t quite like what I see, even though I know I actually look better now. I had really long hair before, and I liked it (and spent far too much money on…

A momentous occasion. I have had a hair cut. This is very exciting. It’s been a good few months since I had anything approaching Too Much Hair. Granted the cut mainly involved some very light trimming and tidying, but a milestone nevertheless. To accompany this aesthetic venture, I have smothered my legs in far too…

This has been a great weekend. It’s been a pretty varied one. It started with a funeral and concluded with the most amazing birthday party. I’ve seen lots of old friends and made a few news ones. It’s been wonderfully sunny, and it’s also pissed it down with rain (nicely timed to coordinate with the…

Ok. Technically I did not run Race for Life for #cancerresearch yesterday. However let’s just say I did. I mean, I meant to. I registered, got ready to leave the house, then noticed the cat limping around as if she’d just run the London marathon in the wrong size trainers. Damn. Quick trip to the…

Dad pun. Sorry.  So today I had my last of 20 sessions of radiotherapy. I’ll kind of miss the daily visits to the hospital, since they mainly consisted of a nice chat with a few people, and a short lie down. What’s not to like? Plus, as tedious and tiring as the treatment regime can…

At the risk of overanalysing everything and concluding nothing, here’s a thing. When I first got diagnosed with cancer, I really surprised myself.  I would have guessed that the whole ‘putting everything into perspective’ effect would have meant that I suddenly realised there was a whole load of stuff I wanted to do – like…

So a quick update on progress with operation ‘overheard en route to appointments’.  Other than a few tantalisingly inconclusive snippets, including, ‘…so obviously I was, like, totally mortified’ and ‘then I realised he was only wearing one shoe’, my favourite so far has been the group of sixth form boys discussing someone they had met…

In the interests of gathering content for blog posts, and in no way to be attributed to any nosiness or busybodying behaviour whatsoever, I have mainly been eavesdropping on other people’s conversations today. Really enlightening. It’s often impossible to determine whether an isolated statement is a philosophical gem, or completely banal.  Assuming the former, however,…

Following a small amount of incredibly scientific research, I have discovered the following components of a successful run: 1) sunshine 2) a thumping baseline 3) a slight disregard for one’s personal appearance 4) blister-free feet 5) a flat, seafront route 6) rush hour (multiple enforced stops to cross busy roads proving most welcome) All of…