Sometimes you wonder if we are trapped in our solitary isolation because of who were are. Is it a generic hereditary reason that we are who we are or do we make our own existence? Sometimes when I was a child I would often feel isolated because I did not belong. Not because of any …
I am pondering the question “Do romantic guys ever win in love?” Take a guy who is romantic, kind, honest, caring and loyal. The sort of man who knows his romantic side as well as his male side. A man who is a lover, a protector, a poet and a prince. A man who will …
Last night, as it was not raining, I decided to go for a quiet drink with a friend. It will probably the last time that I get to sit in a beer garden. Enjoying a good conversation with a nice cold beer is something that I savour as one of the small pleasures of life. …
There is something about Autumn that makes me wonder if there is a distinct possibility that seasons can change the course of someones life. After thumbing through some old diaries the other day two things arose which made me believe this maybe the case. My last two relationships lasted six and five years. Nothing unusual …
I have spent the best part of a week back where my parents live and also the small town where I grew up. The town is nothing special, in fact it is slightly famous for being a depressive place to live. Not much to do in the way of entertainment if you are young, several …
In the past I have often wondered how far a loving subject would go if a mother knew that her child had comitted a hideous crime? Today I read of a woman who has been harassed by her local comunity for telling the police of her two children who had been bullying the local community …
I read an interesting article today about how the retrosexual man is capturing the hearts once more amongst the women here in the UK. During the 1970’s and 1980’s if a man so much as even admitted to using aftershave he would be ridiculed down the pub with by his friends. Even in the …
Sometimes when life has battered you into near submission you need to escape and draw breath. Go to a place that feels as part of you as the land. Remove yourself from society so you find out who you are again and focus on your goals in life. I am heading to ‘that’ place in …
It is not every so often that journalists exhaust the dictionary with their praise of human achievement but in the last week this has been the case. ‘Brilliant’, ‘Sensational’, ‘Superb’ are just many of the accolades that have been praised upon US swimmer Michael Phelps and his achievements in Beijing. During my life I have …
I have always been fascinated by mythical or mysterious creatures that have spawned legendary tales for decades. One of which is Bigfoot. So my ears somewhat pricked up when I read that two American ‘Bigfoot’ hunters had not only seen one but caught it and have put the corpse in a freezer (picture above, I …