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Read my new blog post! Cars! Digits! Autumn leaves! #blog #Blogger

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Hello, dear readers, I guess one isn’t enough. Because, once again, the subject of this week’s blog post is my super-duper-stormy-trooper of...

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November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Read my new blog post! Marriage! Mental health! Reality TV! #Blog #Blogger

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The Other Half

Hello, dear readers, To preface this week’s most humble of offerings, what I’m going to write about will be written with full consent of all...

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November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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Read my new blog post! Xmas! Dogs! Unflattering dampness! #blog #blogger

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Rain Stops Play

Hello, dear readers, Winter is coming. In fact, there’s an argument that winter is already here, and has been for some time. The temperature...

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November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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Read my new blog post Bins! Blindess! Warpdrive! #Blog #Blogger

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Sore Eyes

Hello, dear readers, Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make the biggest differences. Sometimes it’s the biggest. And then, of co...

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October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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Read my (wife's) new blog post. Hats! Birthdays! Pootle! #Blog #Blogger

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Under My Hat

Hello, dear readers, So, as promised, after both of us feeling less than well over the past week or so, here are a few of my little musings ...

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October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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Read my new blog post! Laziness! Vision! Ho-hum Humdrum! #Blog #Blogger

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For Sight

Hello, dear readers! This week’s offering has taken a bit of thought and consideration. For a long, long time it seemed as if there was noth...

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October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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Read my new blog post. Cars! Rejuvenation! Names! #Blog #Blogger

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Changing Lanes

Hello, dear readers, A change, they say, is as good as a rest. I’ve never been totally convinced, myself. I mean, yeah there’s a lot to be s...

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October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Read my new blog post! Holidays (again)! Accidents! Disassembled wheelchairs! #Blog #Blogger

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Talking Turkey

Hello, dear readers, Yeah, baby. I’m back! It’s been, what, three weeks since last I put virtual pen to virtual paper? And what a three week...

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September 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM

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Read my new blog post! Bourbon! Breakfast! Birthdays! #Blog #Blogger

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Wiser?

Hello, dear reader! And there we have it. Challenge unlocked. Progress updated. I’ve managed one more trip around the sun. Yes, this past we...

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August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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Read my new blog post! Cars! Electricity! Horses! #Blog #Blogger

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Loose Connections

Hello, dear reader! It’s a brave new world. Take me back a few years, not that many really, and I doubt an electric car would have been hig...

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August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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Read my new blog post! Anniversaries! Old Fashioneds! Frickles! #Blog #Blogger

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Hickory Dickory Dock

Hello, dear reader! Doesn’t time fly? I think it’s something that’s increasingly noticeable as I age. The six weeks holidays, I’m reliably i...

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July 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM

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Read my new blog post! Football! Charity! Naps! #Blog #Blogger

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The Beautiful Game

Hello, dear reader! It’s a funny old game I’m talking about football, and before that makes you turn away in disgust, I’m also talking about...

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July 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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What is going on with the women's football feed @itvx.com. Stop start. Stop start. Borderline unwatchable!

July 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM

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Read my new blog post! EVs! Rabbit holes! Washing Machines! #Blog #blogger

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She's Electric

Hello, dear reader! This week I have mostly been looking at YouTube videos. Now, for those that know me this isn’t all that different from m...

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July 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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Query three sent!

And then I spotted a typo on my first thirty pages, not five sentences in. An 'in' that became an 'n'.

Doh!

July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM

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Read my new blog post. Wheelchairs (again)! holidays! Tasty Ball Bearings! #Blog #Blogger

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Chair Today…

Hello, dear reader! Seven weeks. Seven short weeks. That’s it. That’s all that stands between us (that’s me and my ever-wonderful wife, Tina...

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July 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM

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Read my new blog post! B12! Amazon! Telephone! #Blog #Blogger

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Getting The Needle

Hello, dear reader! It’s been a long couple of days Not for any real reason. A couple of minor inconveniences aside, I’d say they’ve actuall...

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July 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM

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Well, that's my second query for my novel sent. I've now got a very passable query letter, synopsis, first 3 chapters document, first 30 pages document, AND a spreadsheet set up to keep track of things. It all seems productive and, strangely for me… organised. #Writer #Querying

July 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM

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Read my new blog post! Motability! Electricity! Elsie! #Blog #Blogger

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Off Licence

Hello, dear reader! Have car, will travel, as I think I once heard someone say. It’s a sentiment especially true for a disabled gent like my...

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June 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM

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Read my ever so slightly delayed blog post! London! Chihuahuas! Balls! #Blog #Blogger

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Londinium

Hello, dear reader! Sorry for the very evitable delay, but yesterday kind of exploded on me. True, a better prepared, better organised man w...

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June 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM

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#Primordial soup
A thick, sticky gloop
The source of all life that is
The imagery rich
That very first twitch
Birthed by energy's kiss
But the when & the how
Then is not now
When viewing the wonder of life
It's maybe okay
To stick with today
& finding some bliss in the strife
#Vss365 #Poem #Poetry

June 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM