2011-01-10 12:45
I'll tell you what's futile. Writing a review of an album that came out in 2004 when its 2011. But being a child spawned of the Sex Pistols, Tori Amos and The Smiths I came to Eminem late… Read More
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the thoughts of an american in england - she has one extraordinary son, a staggering lack of qualifications, and yet manages to be mercurial, kind, funny, selfish, and a chronic second guesser.
2010-05-17 21:23
Over the previous months there has been a noticeable lack of contributions to this blog. Regular readers will be aware I suffer from exceptionally bad migraines, and my health has taken a d… Read More
2010-04-26 10:43
Saturday we went to the circus! It was Alex’s first ever, and my first in a long time. We’ve allowed some other travelling circuses to pass us by because of concerns over anima… Read More
2010-04-04 07:27
This morning around 5am I woke to the sound of the most beautifully complicated birdsong. It filtered into my sleeping pill addled mind and sounded downright unbelievable. It was like the… Read More
2010-03-28 12:43
I have nothing but scorn for the media and its faithful swallowers that hailed Obama as a political god in 2009 but began baying for his blood within his first year in office for failing to… Read More
2010-03-14 16:39
Written in 1870 by a feminist, pacifist and activist, Julia Ward Howe's “Mother’s Day Proclamation” has nothing to do with women harassed by an over demanding modern life o… Read More
2010-03-13 23:50
Although I used to get amusingly scrawled Mother’s Day cards from my cats, my first “official, human” Mother’s Day was in 2006 whilst I was incubating Alex. I had hy… Read More
2010-03-07 23:39
Some people are Masters of Themselves. They are composed and in control, they feel by and large what they choose to allow themselves to feel. Whether by talent learnt throughout a lifetime… Read More
2010-02-15 23:48
My intention was to improve myself; my knowledge, talent and worth, so that I could use my Self as a sword, cutting indentations in the jungle vines suffocating any small portion of humanity… Read More
2010-02-04 23:09
My sympathies to Mr. Varley, who reportedly found an inch long blade in a pair of baby shoes he bought from Primark for his 4 day old son, Oscar. I well remember the fragility of having a n… Read More
2010-02-03 21:16
My oh my, I haven’t blogged for a while! I’ve missed it too. I last wrote on 17th January to link to my fantabilosa Bertrand Russell piece on WalesHome. What have I been doing… Read More
2010-01-17 11:13
Now see here I've only gone and waffled on about my dearest love again. This time on Wales Home. Do please comment and let me know what you think. "Aristotle maintained that women had fewe… Read More
2010-01-14 11:55
The disaster is natural but the circumstances of the Haitian people are manmade. When I said I wished for a world wide redistribution of wealth this is what I meant. There is much brutally… Read More
2010-01-13 23:29
My heart breaks for Haiti. My parallel passions are writing and humanitarianism; I am working towards making myself qualified and useful so that I can eventually be of assistance here and a… Read More
2010-01-05 23:10
Alex woke from today’s nap crying, hot and confused. Just like me, he superheats when he sleeps. Matthew went to him, and held him, and Alex said that he was so tiny, and everything… Read More
2009-12-29 21:36
Beginning midnight 1 January 2010, and continuing until 11:59 31 January 2010 I will be collecting every word I write onto one master document. I will not be including words that I have ha… Read More
2009-12-23 22:08
Sod numerical significance. I’ve spent two days of precious pre-Christmas time trying to write ‘52 Wishes for 2010, Parts 1 and 2’ due to a perverse and stubborn feeling t… Read More
2009-12-14 19:25
Feeling very down today and like a pig, I am wallowing in it. The worst part of it is, I am angry. Its 10 days to Christmas Eve. The Sugarplum Fairy is to me what Superman is to Clark Ken… Read More
2009-12-08 22:04
I have been so moved reading the accounts given in the various Independent articles about the Christmas Appeal, that I feel I must add my voice to the others. This year the Independent is a… Read More
2009-12-03 22:13
I’m feeling petulant and indolent. After a night of constant dreams I’ve been out of sorts all day today. It’s just the sort of mood I want to sit down and write in and j… Read More
2009-12-01 10:59
I am the only person I know who is plagued by random ethics questions obsessing my brain last thing at night. I don’t think, “Oh, its 1 am, must consider the fate of the world v… Read More
2009-11-25 23:18
The customary Thanksgiving clause is: “In no particular order:”I am thankful I was told today that my biopsy shows no cancer. My operation has been moved to the 4th of December… Read More
2009-11-23 02:50
“Sombre November”, as T.S. Elliot called it, has been true to its reputation. In a month of continuing and worsening sickness I have had a biopsy and this Friday will have an op… Read More
2009-11-16 21:31
I remember as a child focusing as hard as I could to comprehend eternity, time and space. It always ended in a panic attack. The internet has drawn up parallel to those dimensions, almost… Read More
2009-11-13 16:46
You earn minimum wage. You have no sick pay or holiday time. You are told that you only begin accruing holiday in the first March that comes after you have been employed a full six months… Read More
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