September 3, 2016
My relationship with Kate Walsh, a singer songwriter from Brighton, wasn’t real, except to me. She seemed to write songs which consistently resonated deeply, perhaps because of all that was going on in my life at that time, like a coincidental unexpected alignment of the stars. Whatever it was her impact on me was deep […]
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August 27, 2016
During the 1980’s my friend Martin developed an interesting habit of simply disappearing at some point during an evening out without saying a word to anyone. One minute he’d be there and the next he’d be gone. It became an expected punctuation in the evening. “Where’s Martin?” “He must have gone”, and then we’d just […]
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August 20, 2016
Travelling on a train from Broadstairs my friend asks me whether my training and experience have helped me navigate more easily the tricky waters of human relationships. Without hesitating to consider the question, because it is one with which I am so familiar, I find myself answering more eloquently than ever before. Perhaps my certainty […]
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August 13, 2016
Driving to an orthodontist appointment Beth remarks somewhat wistfully, “We’re halfway through the summer holidays and it feels as if they’ve only just started”. That’s the thing with time, it passes more quickly than most of us would like, especially when we’re doing things we enjoy or even nothing much at all. Yet another birthday […]
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August 6, 2016
Toffee died this week. She was a rabbit and she’d been through a lot. It’s not what they achieve or their practical input to our lives that make animals or people valuable, it is much more often the influence they have over the way that we behave and think about ourselves and our life. That’s […]
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