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(revitalised) Sometimes you need the comfort of the familiar, familiar faces, familiar stories, familiar glasses of wine. This too shall pass, they said, but bloody hell… so our trip to darkest Cumbria was both long overdue and doubly welcome. At great cost, weather had been arranged, sunrises and sunsets booked, although there was little drawContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(10 nil to us). At one point, we heard a trap go (under the sink), removed the kill, and had barely replaced the kick-plate when we got a second hit. Taking that kind of toll of “the enemy” does have grim satisfaction, but at the same time, ten intruders caught inside the house in sevenContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(rats in the walls…) I could talk about this bloody lingering chest infection, which I seem to recall hung on for weeks last time as well. About the lack of sleep and the hallucinations, and the awful realisation that – had I been twenty years older – my “frail” body might not actually cope withContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(normal service) Normal service for this page is presumably finding some trivial first world problem to complain about, as if it was the end times. I have the cold. A real stinker. My chest is sore when I cough, my nose is sore when I sneeze, I get to sleep about 45 min at aContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(marking time) Thank you all again, for the many cards, wishes, expressions of sympathy and support, the flowers, and the tree (you know who you are). I am returned to work (night shift – naturally), but the funeral is still to come, and there is a strange “uncertainty”, or perhaps, “unreality” to life, as IContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(loss) In my last post, I posed the question – among others- “how long did I have with my 87 year old mum?” It was more of a hypothetical discourse on time, but the answer was – “not very long at all” She passed on Monday evening. While I was not able to be thereContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s …”

(here we are again) Today, it turns out, is a significant anniversary as another old friend graduates to “old” friend (at least numerically – if not in spirit). I visit my 87 year old mum, in care, and consider the time she /we might have remaining. ” All we have to decide is what toContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(reflections) I know there have been longish absences before, but I’ve been away from these pages for over a month. There are several reasons. I actually caught the notification for renewal this time. In financial terms it’s not really a great deal, although it’s come at a time when I’m revising my own budget andContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Return to Dalmally) The annual Richard family party at “the Auld Cameron Place” approaches, and music will, as is traditional, be played. Rumour has it that something approaching a permanent stage area is now in situ, a far cry from our ramshackle construction of pallets back the year dot. ” That doesn’t look very safe..”Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(well done Ben) After my self serving complaints last time, you’ll be delighted to know that I’m mobile again, with care. I can not only get in and out of my car (slowly!), I can even – put my socks on! (two cheers!). I’m not in the same place as my photos, so they willContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”