Once I was in my local bar when a drugged up type came up and started to be a pain in the nether-regions. I fobbed him off and he eventually […]

If you are unlucky, you get a name like Dave, Anne, Juan or Maria. These are your daily names that serve to know when people beckon you or want attention. […]

The last post was a bit preachy and holier than thou. I apologise. Confession:- I have at least one friend who, were anyone to hurt them or even come close […]

There was a mouse running along a country lane when an eagle swooped down and carried him into the high sky. It was so cold up there the mouse began […]

Actually, I do have a superpower but nobody believes me. I can see string. I see invisible strings attached to people and attached to emotions and wrapped around circumstances. Ever […]

Sometimes I feel like a bull who dozed off in a summer meadow and when I woke up some bastard had built a china shop around me. I mean, really. […]

Meditation of the week: What is the difference between a leap of faith and a jump for joy?

A friend of mine was telling how, a few years ago, he was having a drink in a gastropub with a friend when she suddenly told him that he had […]

Much is made of empathy – the ability to understand what another is experiencing. Yet, good torturers have empathy. They know exactly what their victims are going through. Much is […]