What to say

So it’s been a while since my last blog post, other than a connecting walk post in January. Now I’ve pondered why I haven’t posted and it’s mainly because I’ve not had so much to say now I’m not working in the same world I once was!! It’s been 6 months since retiring from the

It’s not all about you!!!

I haven’t written a blog for a while for various reasons and then when I was ready to, there was a global event that meant I felt it wasn’t quite right to blog at that time. However, over the last few days we have seen that global event (the death of Queen Elizabeth the second)

Kenny

As always a title to the blog that may take some explaining. In our house there is one song that as my son was growing up we would sing whilst washing up or just anytime. We also heard it as a dodgy cover version in Egypt and all had a good sing along. The song

The spaces between the spaces.

The spaces between the spaces is a paraphrase from a line in Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull and to be honest it’s a pretty corny line, but, it got me thinking. As we enter into 2022 I have had some time over the Christmas break and New Year to reflect and

Why do some find consistency so hard?

Something you hear at sports events regularly, “yes they are a bad referee but at least they are consistently bad to everyone” If you have watched any kind of amateur sport you will have heard this statement and mostly people agree that an amateur referee who makes mistakes but is consistent in these to both

Hollywood Wives (husbands,partners)

This blog post is a follow on from “The one you don’t forget” so you may wish to read that one first but it’s not necessary. Following that blog my wife and I were discussing the incidents I have attended over the years and how I sometimes come home and talk about them. As the

Value

“You haven’t written a blog for a while “ my son said to me today. “Yes I haven’t had the words or felt like it recently” Well today I have the words and feel like sharing them. What do we value? Everything has a value and it’s not always monetary. My son is collecting UK

Take me to a place where you go…..

“Slip inside the eye of your mind, don’t you know you might find a better place to play.” If I need to elaborate on the words above and their origin then this post may not be for you. John Miles wrote “music was my first love and it will be my last” My point here

Frozen Broccoli

There will be a small number of people who understand why this post is titled “frozen Broccoli” and this post is mainly for them but also for us all to consider what the last 12 months have given us despite its challenges. 12 months ago my workplace went into “home working” as did almost everywhere.

Wisdom 18, 547,

As I write this post the number above is how many months or days I have until I can retire from my role in the fire service. I have never been one to ponder on the past or time left and always felt it was more about how long I have left to make a