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It might feel like an old-fashioned form of harassment, but dodgy phone calls are horrible. I’ve been on the receiving end. At best, they’re...

As a very busy week draws to a close, I came across an article about Looking Up. As it pointed out, the concept of looking up can be interpr...

Image by  JoAnn Mangione  from  Pixabay Sitting in the waiting room, I know I’ve forgotten something. My 6th sense is clamouring but I’m onl...

Today was scheduled for writing. Not any more. The other day I broke the cafetière. I carelessly set it down in the wrong place and it took ...

Our nearest coastline is famously fast eroding, though we’re not in any danger of inundation as long as the climate scientists are heeded. U...

Image by  Hatice EROL  from  Pixabay I wrote recently about the awkwardness of shaking hands with myself — when introduced to my alter ego ....

I was in the bath, towelling my hair prior to getting out, when a thing dropped from the towel into the water. I leapt out — Aaaagh! — and f...