Greatest Hits

  • Above and Beyond
    On this day 36 years ago, I was laid low with a nasty case of the mumps - eating, drinking and even breathing with considerable difficult...
  • 57 Not Out
    Somehow, don't ask me exactly how it happened, I seem to have reached the grand old age of 57. Last time I checked, I could've sw...
  • Some Broken Things Don't Mend
    To the anonymous strangers on the surrounding tables in the cafe we probably looked like two old friends having a long overdue catch-up o...
  • Years and Years and Years
    Today I turn 60. Excuse me for a moment while I double check those numbers.....60. Shit. Yes, I'm definitely 60. If the world wasn...
  • Feeling Gravity's Pull
    In her final years, as her frailty and ill heath became gradually more pronounced, my Nan would quite often grab my arm for support, pull me...