Care Homes Yes this Coronavirus has got me thinking about them. We had a fight within the family about putting my mother into one. She died at home but she would go to a care home for periods of ‘respite’ … Continue reading →

That nom about ‘Wasps’ has got me thinking. I woud hate to be a wasp. Or any insect. Then it occurred to me there are millions upon millions of people who DO believe that we humans can turn into insects. … Continue reading →

Our Relationship with Wild Animals I was astonished to find myself agreeing with someone talking on the telly. He said something like-‘We are living in too close a proximity to wild animals.’. Once again the fault of Capitalism. The Capitalism … Continue reading →

Tellyland in a Time of Pestilence What did Sting sing? ‘I’ve lost my belief of the people on TV’. Same here. All the mystique has been stripped away. There they are all cooped up in their homes, not at some … Continue reading →

Tentative Steps With The Lockdown So there I am in my old pyjama leg ‘mask’. I look like a fucking Ninja Turtle. She opens the door and I take my first tentative step outside. But that graphic showed that the … Continue reading →