Have you ever attempted a massive tempt of fate? Last night I decided that if the heavily-promoted ‘Beast from the East’ hadn’t arrived by this morning, I’d laugh in… Read More

I had forgotten about Eileen until I was going through my list of phone numbers and came across one for Linda. Linda and Eileen met at the car boot sale one Saturday when they found themsel… Read More

I have a sense of deja-vu this morning, it’s five in the morning and I’m manning the phone lines, just like last Saturday, to tell customers that the boot sale has had to be call… Read More

My six-year-old granddaughter arrived on Saturday clutching her make-up bag. Whist thrilled to see her I was somewhat concerned as to what might be about to happen. An old man with pain… Read More

Nearly everyone I’ve met in the last week seems to have had a nasty cold. Some have had flu and some just feel under the weather. I suppose it serves me right for mocking the afflicte… Read More