by Bruce | Sep 29, 2020 | Musings
musings creative writing ; The 2nd Wave It’s the back end of September, 2020. As predicted by the doom-mongers, the second spike of the Covid19 ‘pandemic’ appears to be mounting an invisible attack on the shores of the United Kingdom. Some would...
by Bruce | May 15, 2020 | Musings
musings creative writing ; What the hell is going on? It’s mid-May, 2020. As I stab away at my grubby keyboard here, gingerly avoiding the use of my right index finger, which is presently horribly gnarled after a pretty nasty bike accident a few weeks ago, the...
by Bruce | Jan 31, 2019 | Musings
musings creative writing ; Rixon. If there’s one thing in this funny old game that we call ‘life’ that we can all be assured of, it’s that at some point we’re going to snuff it… kick the bucket, expire… die. Unless you’re really unfortunate and unlucky enough to lose...
by Bruce | Oct 10, 2018 | Musings
musings creative writing ; Living with Mono Ain’t it odd how one takes one’s own good health so much for granted? It’s only when things start to go awry that one’s fallibilities are brought into sharp focus. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been a bit of a...
by Bruce | Mar 30, 2018 | Musings
musings creative writing ; Age So yeah… I turned 50 this last Tuesday, and so far, I’m enjoying my 50s. I suppose there are another 3646 days for it to go pear-shaped, but I’m obviously hoping it won’t. Touch wood, the whole ageing process has been kind to me. My...
by Bruce | Oct 1, 2016 | Musings
musings creative writing ; Joys of Swimming As I write this, I’m extremely fortunate to be enjoying a month-long sabbatical away from my part time job, soaking up island life on one of the larger Cycladean islands, right in the heart of the Aegean sea. Paros island...