One of those rare moments when you feel you know what you're doing - there's always that danger of feeling a little bit over confident and then .... the wheels come off ( metaphorically speaking)

On occasions and in certain situations you suddenly realise that you are expected to play a certain role and react in a certain way - play the part.

Sticks and Stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me...Or so the saying goes. I'm not so sure.

A reference to how you like your fried eggs cooked - sunny side up with the yellow yolks runny and not " over easy " - not flipped .The tune uses a short extract of a Bryan Lester guitar piece " Sun Song" - at the start and has an upbeat...

This is a re-mix of a tune from last year. I was driving north along the Welsh coast in really bleak wet weather listening to too much John Martyn - his late stuff is a little sad.

This tune goes back to the time we spent in the north of Spain - Asturias.There was a beautiful barn owl that lived in the disused part of the house. A creature of habit it would be out hunting in the early hours returning to is roost ju...

In England we NEVER stop talking about the weather.. Really its because we don't have a clue what its doing from one day to the next. We've got yellow and amber heat wave warnings, the environment guy on the TV is telling us ways to...

I'm not sure I should be commenting on the awful slaughter thats going on in the name of democracy, national interest and even personal vendatta...It feels very uncomfortable sitting here in the comfort of unaffected UK. I just try to imagine i...

The waltz is such an elegant dance (except when I'm involved). The thought of dancing the night away is such a lovely idea. It remains a thought !

Take your time and weigh up the pros and cons of a situation - Mull it Over

A feeling not returned - so very hard to accept.

Oh god - sounding like an old fogey once again. Its all about providing as little as you can for the highest possible financial reward... 

I think of all the people I've met it is those who have followed their dream who seem most at peace with the world - whether it be a soldier, sailor, tinker or tailor.. its following your own path that leads to most content.

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - the Bob Dylan album still resonates - Sue loved it - Happy Birthday

In this house we 're not concerned about being charged for putting up picture hooks ( £15  a time is extraordinary - but it happens) So we've got some pictures up of the two little ones. great

We all get sleepless nights - or perhaps more truthfully parts of the night when you can't get back to sleep. This is the kind of stuff that comes in to mind. Absolutely no idea what this is about , but it made sense at the time.

... where angels fear to tread.A phrase attributed to the 18th century poet Alexander Pope.Now not much read - except by academics .As a young boy Pope was expelled from school for writing a satire abo...

Some opportunities that come up throughout the years stop coming up so frequently as time passes.

Two minutes 46 seconds - catch your breath..

It all goes way, way too quickly... Always seem to be looking forward to the good bits and dreading the bad - the bad come around far too fast and the good bits disappear before they've settled in properly...

In Tuscany where Rob - our middle son lives - its been touching 35 degrees C in recent days - oh my lord .... Find some shade and sit down with a cool drink . Happy Birthday!

It's hard enough to avoid being shot at by the "enemy" without being shot at by your own allies....

We all get one or two of those every so often - something we don't expect coming from an unusual direction.

Theres a lot of fake news out there now - it really hard to stand back and understand what's going on sometimes. Read those Sunday papers from the Star to the Sunday Times - its all good value.. I just realised - that sounded like a...

The political shenanigans with Musk , Trump , Fararge , Tice, Netanyahu, Zelensky and so many, many others are dramatic, full of rhetoric and intent - but seem to us mortals as so remote from our sphere of influence - like magic tricks in a cir...