I hope you and your friends and family had a great time over Christmas and new year. Like most people you are, I suspect, feeling a little drained of cash. December is, after all, an expoensive time. #ad If you need to do something about your bank balance, you may be looking for ways to
As 2015 has just got underway, it seems the correct time to reflect on this little old blog of mine and what I’ve done with it. I had planned to write this post last November when my blog reached its second anniversary. I never got around to it because some kindly young scamps stripped the
Allow me to start this blog post by wishing you a very happy new year! May it be healthy and prosperous. As often happens towards the end of a year, I’ve been a bit reflective. I’ve considered my own behaviour over the past 12 months and come up with a few resolutions for improving my
A couple of times recently the comment’s been that I’m the “wife” in my relationship. This is, needless to say, a reference to the fact I’m a stay at home dad. Part of me thinks that’s quite an unthinking and offensive comment to make. I may do most of the childcare and housework, but this
The other day I was going through some manuscripts I wrote years ago. The story below was among them. It is loosely based on an experience I had when I was a local news reporter in my early twenties. I was working during the quiet period between Christmas and New Year and only the one
