Autobiography
Bunkers, Dads and Clubs
At last freed in the real world now, but my dad died and I a rebel without a cause. During third year engineering studies my grandfather died also...
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Bunkers
Beginning high-school the lowest class he lent me rugby toggs and a jersey from someone for my first rugby game, I was on lock even being the...
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Above, in 10 minutes!
Walk five minutes past the houses, over the road and past the mown hayfield, up the hill, past the view of Titterstone Clee hill northwards of the...
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Juxtaposition
I read an interesting book on Zen the other day. Masters of this religion would probably ridicule my ignorant interpretations, but it seems to me...
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While My Guitar Teacher Gently Weeps
Words of apology to anyone who has ever tried to teach me to play a musical instrument.
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My Absent-Minded Violinist
He loves me but he leaves me here and there and everywhere. He makes me sing so tunefully but I wish he’d take more care! One day, a train guard...
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Hear the children cryin'
Some mornings I wake from dreams that don’t announce themselves as dreams. They slip into the day like breath into fog. One in particular lingered...
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Collecting Pocket Calculators
I collect old calculating machines for a hobby, anything, like shop counter adding, specialised scientific calculators, financial ones etc. Any old...
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What do grown-ups mean by a ‘short’ walk?
Kick a ball and climb a tree – [‘If Daddy says it’ll take about twenty, that means it’s probably twice that far – say forty mins. to reach our car.’] …
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Chocolate Box Murder
The psychological games played by food manufacturers and retailers are becoming legendary. Extracting maximum profit within the law appears paramount...
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