Reading time: < 1 min I am baffled. While the votes are still being counted, and most of the swing states are only being split by less than 100,000 votes, it looks like the USA has voted for a narcissistic sociopath. Again. America seems to be very very broken, with a massive and growing divide between those in cities and […]
Reading time: 2 mins To paraphrase my favourite ever TV show, she wasn’t my first, but she is my last, and she is the right one. I’ve written about Becca many many times, all in my journal; from the early days when we first met and it struck me what a beautiful person she is, through the beginnings of […]
Reading time: 2 mins This isn’t a blog It’s a journal. It’s obvious now, I mean it’s taken me a while, but I guess that’s because I’ve long been blinded by my own egotistical aspirations, spending far too long hanging on to the coat tails of the original bloggers in the vain hope some of their success would trickle […]
Reading time: 2 mins Sasha came bounding into my life when I met Becca. A rescue dog that wanted nothing more than to be the centre of attention, who loved to hold your hand with her mouth, loved belly rubs, was at her happiest on the sofa under a blanket and she loved boys the most, even if it […]
Reading time: 3 mins Kids change your life. Dammit, I was trying to avoid heading straight into cliché city but there you have it, but hey, it’s a cliché because it’s true. I have learned so much about myself these past 3 and a bit years (the before he was born stuff is also a good time to reflect […]
Reading time: 3 mins Moving back to my hometown last year brought many memories with it, but few have been stronger than walking past the church I used to attend both through Sunday School and, for most my childhood, as a member of 1st Dumbarton Boys Brigade (BB). I can still picture the halls behind the church used for […]