We’re doing our bit to share the sudden, ten year old, energy crisis. We’re turning the lights off to keep the lights on. We stumble around in the dark, with no heating, cold and frightened like old people should be. We had friends staying over the long weekend and in the dark I went to … Continue reading POWER TO THE PEOPLE
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FREE TO A GOOD HOME
We’re trying to get rid of Melissa but no-one wants her. She’s been living here for years. I’m sorry I haven’t mentioned her before. We even included two aeroplane neck braces in case someone wanted to sleep with her on a trip overseas. (Tickets not included.) No luck so far. Early on it looked promising. … Continue reading FREE TO A GOOD HOME
PASS, SPORT
Robinson needs a new passport. She can no longer pass freely without let or hindrance in the Name of Her Majesty. Her grand days as a freewheeling member of the European Union are over too. Her passport expired quietly in a COVID wasteland back in February but Boris Brexit had already shrunk her domain by … Continue reading PASS, SPORT
AN ODE TO JOY
This morning at what I like to call ‘the shops’ a previous serve-yourself shopper left their receipt and it attached to ours. I felt like a voyeur but over coffee I read their receipt. I can’t believe some of the things that person bought. It’s funny the alternative lives that people carry around in their … Continue reading AN ODE TO JOY
TRANCE THIS MESS AROUND
I think I’ve written about this before but I can’t believe how messy my writing desk is. A stack of Glebe Art Show postcards (23-26 June 2022, put it in your diaries), three AA batteries from my replaced doorbell that I need to recycle properly, two facemasks against COVID, a stubby of Coopers Pale Ale … Continue reading TRANCE THIS MESS AROUND
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