Saturday, November 15, 2025

No Couldn't Bring Myself To Do It

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  The trouble of being a matter of fact type person is that I don't dress stuff up and whilst I may attempt to be subtle it never really...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Eating The Frog - Again

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  Given the pretty rough year I've had I am attempting to reset myself and review life, the universe and all that good stuff!  Using the...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Lasting Power Of Attorney

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Well I need to deal with this now and get my wishes down.  All very matter of fact really and all very difficult as you are instructing your...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Time To Reflect And Decide

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 Well here we are with new information and some ideas about going forward.  It was a good meeting and very much as I thought would be the ca...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

OK That Was Useful

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  I was going to walk but a bus pulled up within a few minutes so I got that and it meant I arrived in good time for the Remembrance Day Ser...

First Review Steps

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  Off to meet the developer chap.  He's just 7 years late and only half delivered and so the conversation is going to be "interesti...
Monday, November 10, 2025

The Constant State Creep

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  It was interesting to listen to a podcast that explored the role of the State.  You probably already know my position on things like Lockd...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

Often Happens

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The road was meant to be closed but it wasn't, the roadworks were easy to get through.  So easy was it yesterday that I arrived in 35 mi...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

Life, The Universe And All That Stuff

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  I find it crazy that I am retired and yet I have no time to be retired at all.  This business has kept me busy for years now and for what ...

Review Incoming

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  I've done this before and I suppose life cannot really be planned and neither can it be predicted.  I am in the place where I am throu...
Friday, November 07, 2025

Nothing To Fear Except Fear Itself

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 The phrase "nothing to fear but fear itself" is a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 first inaugural address, given duri...

Good - Another Thing Ticked Off The List

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  That's the car sorted out which is good.  A little work to do in the New Year which looks to fit in nicely with a trip to the dentists...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Surprising How Little Things Increase Your Wellbeing

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  I enjoyed the meeting yesterday and whilst it droned on a bit - some people have no idea of timeliness and dither and waste time, we ate l...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Off To Another Meeting

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  I feel nervous and shaky but I am going to go to the meeting and see some other good friends whom I haven't seen since July, I am sure...

When You Are Not Thinking Clearly

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  It has been a hell of a six months for sure.  It is interesting that it has been around five months since I last went to a Lodge meeting a...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

The Utter Weariness Of It All

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I know that I am utterly exhausted by all this goings on and I have a decision to make about life, the universe and all that.  Do I bother? ...

Now To Tackle More Demons

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  It's fair to say that this whole episode has worn me down and it isn't just that, there are other factors at play including frustr...
Monday, November 03, 2025

What If That Was All It Was About!

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  The Okey Cokey?  No, although that might be a disappointment.  No what if someone got it into their head that I thought they were a fool? ...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

That's Better - Calm (ish) Ness Returns

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  Yes, altogether a better calmer temperament today.  The shakes are diminishing thank goodness and whilst I am not 100% chipper, I am feeli...
Saturday, November 01, 2025

A Second Opinion Always Helps

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  Well it was great to meet up for breakfast.  Nice to hear both of our stories although not much good news rally is there?  I think we both...