I don't like Mondays, particularly grey, rainy, cold Mondays.  Loved the song, though, à la the Boomtown Rats.  Absolute classic - and classic Bob Geldof or, should I say, Sir Bob Geldof.  A title of which he is more than worthy - unlike some - I relish his rare...

In a recent survey of two thousand people, one in six (21%), admitted that they struggle to tell the time unless it's on a digital clock.  Those comprising that 21% largely fell into the 18-24 age bracket.  Superb!  Picture my face now - or, perhaps not - but, put it...

One week down and counting - Ken Bruce withdrawals.  Mercifully, Gary Davies is filling the gap until May and, thus, the true force of the blow has been softened but ...  They do say time is a healer.  We fight on! Friday.  God sure does move in mysterious ways ... ...

Sunday, 5th March 2023.  Seeing that in writing is scary on so many levels.  Firstly, it is March already!  Where is the year going - so fast - and, secondly, 2023?!  I remember the build-up to the Millennium and trying to get my head round 2000, for goodness sake,...

May I just say, as I sit here at my' best must-have ever' of a desk, through the window to my left, it is still light.  Three minutes past six and it is still light!  The grey sky is warmed by the pinky tones of a sinking sun and the birds are in full song as they...

Oh, my goodness, the heating has come on!  Now, I see new meaning in the one Coldplay lyric I have forever hated: 'And ignite your bones ...'.  From 'Fix You', I always thought that such an ugly line - still do - but, as the warmth seeps into my body, suddenly, I get...

Who knew I would ever 'live' in Rome?  Well, not actually, but I have been here for two weeks, now, staying with Becca in her apartment and, thus, am privy to day-to-day living as opposed to the embellished sojourn of a tourist.  Reality versus escapism.  No more the...

First of February, 2023 and the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the birds are singing.  It is warm!  In fact, I have just learned that it is to be warmer tomorrow and fifteen degrees at the weekend ...  Welcome to Roma!  Less than 2,000 miles from Scotland, how...

Poetic licence.  Yes, I know that it's not Friday, 20th January but I had already set up the file and, technically, that means I am still within the week ...  I've had a bit of a mental block these past few days, though, procrastinating all the while and ignoring the...

Hang on!  Just pulling on my Bison pelt and Davy Crockett fur hat in a bid to stave off the cold and encourage my fingers to work ...  I jest but needs must and I may be driven to join Alexander Fuller in her yurt in Wyoming - she lives above her horse - before long. ...

Oh, my gosh!  I thought I'd have a quick read over my post of 31st December last year.  Serene as ever?  Raging, more like.  I thought this year had flown by - and, it has - but, reading back, not only does it seem a lifetime ago but I question how we survived!  The...

Things are not going well!  Firstly, who the hell is DJ Spoony?!  Exactly.  My point.  Seems that Ken Bruce has the audacity to take another week off, next week, and I am left with DJ Spoony!  2022 in a nutshell.  The very name is enough.  Is it a bird or a plane or...