My favourite flavour is generally either strawberry or orange. There is an ice cream parlour locally to me that creates a sublime tangerine ice cream flavour and I adore it. I’m fairly sure that most days chocolate would describe most people, but I can take or leave chocolate. Unless it’s dark, in which case, you […]
I am supposed to write about a teacher who has influenced me greatly and made me who I am today. That is difficult for a couple of reasons. Firstly, as a teacher, I look back and see how much the profession has altered since I was at school, and secondly, a lot of the teachers […]
I don’t really know the last time I have felt helpless. I generally tend towards positive thoughts whenever I can and see the good times in most situations. I am often grumpy, true enough, but I will always help anyone I can.
The most time I’ve ever spent away from my favourite person was all the time before I met Mrs Pitts. It’s a cliche to say I married my best friend, but it is absolutely true. There is a lot we have in common and she introduced me to my drumming hobby, while feeding my various […]
The plan here was to take the first sentence of a favourite book and make it the first sentence of a post. But I don’t really have a favourite book. So… earlier today I thought that a good children’s book could be made out of a dolphin, a seahorse and a clumsy stingray. I have […]
I haven’t made a resolution for something I want to alter in 2017. At least, not officially. I pretty much made a last minute decision to write on here every day in 2016 and managed it. I kept that quiet from most people because I didn’t want the attention. A long time ago, some time when […]
When 2016 became 2017, after an extra leap second was factored in, I was sat on the sofa next to Mrs Pitts watching the spectacular, if rather long, London firework display on the TV. We had sat through the Robbie Williams performance beforehand – neither of us are fans really – and to be honest […]