“If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they’re flogging a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.” So how do we […]
So here we are looking at the Kapiti island above, from our new rented accommodation, moving in next week, beachfront and quiet. So how do we stay upbeat, Let’s talk about England, I contacted my brother a few days ago, and he looked cold, and the weather in the UK was miserable, really cold, and […]
Pugilistic Religion – My soul is black and blue My feelings are in tatters – My heart is rent in two Depression lives on through me, like a slick and slimy toad Destroying my convictions, impossible to hold. Determining the path ahead, a convoluted mess My prayers are mumbled miseries – my sins to bad […]
Your life begins with a smack and its downhill all the way after that. 60 is supposed to be the marker for over the hill. This is an untruth, the hill is massive, huge, and we start on the down-slope and just gather speed. From the smack on our arse, to get our first breath […]
Who here does not suffer at one time or another from anxiety, from the tiny tickles of doubt to the limb immobilizing tremors of abject fear. Misery accompanies anxiety like rain clings to clouds. Stuck in the all pervading fear, everything becomes something else, and innocent phone call takes on malicious undertones, a request for […]
Don’t I look like me Dad ? Wow, my own first Blog, well this is where i will keep all the friends and family updated. Keep checking the blog, to see new images and hear tales from Down under, down under. Ha, pretty far from old blighty hey….warm weather, cold seas, damn flies