The Force be with you May
Only three days in and so far May has turned out to be, well… different. So far I have had to wait for two deliveries. One I waited in for, but had to nip out for a few minutes. Needless … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Around the town
Get out of jail free
I received a letter on Monday. Or it might have been Friday. I don’t check the porch floor that often. Anyhows it was a brown envelope and I have a little thing about them. They tend to be demanding in … Continue reading →
On speaking a foreign language
I happened to be in town yesterday. It's not a place I visit regularly as it's a long journey and the parking is crap when I get there. I was strolling along, minding my own business having completed other people's … Continue reading →
Thoughts in a strange pub
So the dust is settling and things are getting back to normal. For those who are still interested, I finally got the new laptop to run Linux Mint and Windows 8 [with Classic Shell so it looks and acts like … Continue reading →
Should have gone to …
There were two reasons I had to go into Skobieville yesterday. The main reason was to buy a battery for my watch. The fecking this wore out a few weeks ago and the hands stopped moving, though I could still … Continue reading →
Once more into the Valley of Death
I have been putting it off for weeks. There comes a time though when important things just have to be done, and that time has arrived. Against all my better judgments and instincts I have to go into Skobieville for … Continue reading →
Walking
We had to head over to a neighbouring town today. Herself had some kind of female appointment and it wasn’t Skobieville so I was happy to oblige. While she was being attended to, I took Penny for a walk around … Continue reading →
Running rings
I estimated about forty five minutes. Fifteen minutes getting into Skobieville, fifteen minutes [tops] to get my business done and fifteen minutes to get home again. I even took the precaution of phoning the shop in advance to be sure … Continue reading →
Seasonal generosity
I’m just back from a trip to Skobieville. Now Skobieville is a pretty depressing place at the best of times, but on a very wet, windy, grey Winter’s day it is little short of grim. The only thing about seeing … Continue reading →
Time travel
There was a tradition in our family that we got our first watch after passing the Intermediate Certificate. The Inter, as it was known, was taken two years before the Leaving, which meant we would be around 15. That was … Continue reading →
