instant coffee is not coffee • switching a device off/on is worth doing once in a blue moon • people with extreme views will never listen to reason because they have no reason to • your Facebook has not been ‘hacked’ — if you had been hacked you would know the difference • your opinion … Continue reading What’s something you believe everyone should know.
Category: Writing Prompts
What could you try for the first time?
To be completely accurate, could try, should try, and am trying. I recently participated in a lot of therapy, and one of the little side streets of discussion was all about how I had done certain things and been a certain way to comply with an abusers version of me. I guess you could say … Continue reading What could you try for the first time?
What skill would you like to learn?
The art of diplomacy, patience, and the ability to stay calm in the face of frustration, would be good skills to acquire. I am sure if i was a more noble person my first inclination would be to want those skills. In reality my heart yearns to be able to play the piano, or speak … Continue reading What skill would you like to learn?
What’s your all-time favourite album
Songs In The Key Of Life ~ Stevie Wonder It was released in September 1976, and I was 15 years and eleven months old, and I owned it on the day of release. I had saved up money, waited impatiently, the release had been delayed while he remixed and fiddled. It was a double album, … Continue reading What’s your all-time favourite album
three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter
This is a safe topic for me to discuss because I am mere weeks away from my 65th birthday; so there is no danger of me ever doing any of them. There is no time left to train or apply for any of these jobs, before I hit retirement age. So who would hire me, … Continue reading three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter
If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?
I have done this and I would do it again. If that counts. If it were possible, I would do it in a different decade to the early 90’s that I chose. The first few years of my married life were spent abroad, and when we returned to the UK, the area of south London … Continue reading If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?
What are you most excited about for the future?
Dripping with sarcasm mode ::on:: I once heard someone say that the person who will live till 200 years old has already been born, medical advances will be so quick that this will be normal— fingers crossed. Getting to the shops via jetpack is long overdue —science bods need to get a wriggle on Living … Continue reading What are you most excited about for the future?
What is your favorite genre of music?
I don’t like these kinds of questions. The instant anybody asks me to name my top three albums, or favourite songs, I feel the pressure to narrow things down and how could I possibly restrict myself and what about all those I will have to leave out? If I had to, I would have to … Continue reading What is your favorite genre of music?
The Theology of Dog Love
The love between a boy and his dog is one of the simplest and purest loves the boy will ever experience. We should hand out dogs to all boy survivors. It would save time and money and meet most of the basic needs. The healing would start with the first lick. If I could, I … Continue reading The Theology of Dog Love
Describe your most memorable vacation.
There are a few contenders for this. The holiday we had in Tunisia a year after we were married, and the mind-boggling experience of my wife boldly heading off down side alleys to explore with little regard for muggers or thieves. The times we have been in the Caribbean and spent two weeks at a … Continue reading Describe your most memorable vacation.