Friends

There is nothing in life quite like friends. When you feel down, they bring you up. When your feeling great, they elevate you to ecstasy. Sometimes when discussing the meaning of life, I have a tendency to focus on giving joy to the world, on helping other. But life can’t all be about giving. Sometimes, … More Friends

The worst view in the world, or across the Penines and back.

  Once every few weeks, I squeeze out of a narrow parking bay in York and creep between rows of silent cars as I travel a well worn strip of tarmac. When I reach the end, I twist around for one final, lingering, glance, before I once more stretch my heart across 120 miles and 2 countries. Every … More The worst view in the world, or across the Penines and back.

The last goodbye

Spoiler warning – this post is not as melancholy as it sounds, and will end with a bad joke… This was also written a month or so ago, just before my Mum left home and moved to Wetherby, but I couldn’t face publishing it then. Much as I love the ability to show the world … More The last goodbye