So! Upon first reading I was not shocked. Moreover, some parts of the ‘life’ bring with them a certain indication of security. I know that sounds safe and boring but we all need that. She …
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You Will Own Nothing (part 2/3)
First the logic: “Life has never been better” – well the first thing to notice here is the absence of the possessive pronoun – “my”. So is she speaking for everyone? That’s the first leaning …
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Because I feel this needs to be discussed. I’m a centrist. There, I’ve said it, and I’ve been saying that for around twenty years. By centrist what I mean is that my opinions and general …
Continue readingPutting the Goat out to pasture
Goodbye Goaty: Y’know I often wish that I had taken the time to design myself a nice little goat motif or logo for this site. I did try drawing one once, but it was dreadful, …
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Just to say for posterity, I have now walked to the new home from work. It took over seven months for the pieces to align to facilitate this but I am very glad to say …
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The grand walk around Smithills Moor on 24th April, 2021 I’d promised myself a ‘getting back into the swing of things’ type of walk for a week or two and with the onset of good …
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I have now finally left the #walk1000miles Facebook group for reasons of mental wellbeing. We all get a little overwhelmed by needy people, well that group was kind of like their ‘hang out place’! Here …
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It’s difficult to know where to start! We finally moved house. And that was fun! If I can offer one bit of advice to anyone, if you can, try and avoid completing and exchanging on …
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Warning: This post contains frank and robust language, if you are easily offended (you big snowflake) then you’d be best flouncing off now! I’m fairly sure that I’ve pinched that header from Stephen King’s …
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I had an entire section on here entitled “The Move”. This was a names-amended narrative on our house-move, with a bit of humour thrown in. I’ve taken this down, I might think I’m funny, others …
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