Month: August 2014

Walking the line

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Hello, I don’t know how many posts it is now, nor the years that have ticked by, but making the first mark on the page – so to speak – doesn’t get any easier. Lots of ideas and suggestions pop into my muddled brain, but it’s only when I take a deep breath, dive in and prattle away madly, like now, that I seem to be able to get going. Today I saw a poster about elderly LGBT people and their care needs. The poster had a snappy title about not wanting to go back in the closet. Getting old isn’t something I really think about, although, with luck, it will arrive very slowly and there’ll be a long, slow […]

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Stormfront

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Hi, We’re sliding towards the end of August with the cold fingers of September creeping ever onward. I, for one, am enjoying the cooler weather and the lack of Factor Fifty, merely adds to that. The nights are light enough and it’s blackberry season too. The Summer Sales are pretty much well picked over and Back to School slogans shout from stores as we rev up for the new term. The Ever Lovely Mrs J took Wee Man into town today to get his new uniform. I’ve not seen him in it and by odd happenstance, I found a picture of his first week at junior school. How he’s grown, over the years. He’s a kind, gentle soul and I […]

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Leaving the woods behind

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Hi, It’s been a bit of an extended holiday for the Ever Lovely Mrs Jones and I. Last week, the Jones Massive were off Up North, to take in the wilds around Hadrian’s Wall and stroll about other fantastic ruins. We also found a number of summer activities put on by English Heritage. If you do have kids, these free events are brilliant. Hands on stuff such as digging for artifacts in a sand pit, Roman Soldier drill, or dressing up as fierce Vikings. Hopefully, the stuff holiday memories are made of. The extension has come is because Wee Man and Little Miss have been at my Mum and Dad’s all week. I guess it’s part of the modern life, […]

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Shopped

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Hi, Like the real thing, only better The other day I was reading an article on BBC News with the title Graduation photographs offer ‘digital slimming’. A bit of retouching for graduation snaps: teeth whitening, removing blemishes and, now, being digitally slimmed down. I do wonder where all of this Photoshopping – to use a modern word – will end. We all know about ‘shopped fashion shoots and the mascara *ahem* adverts. I’m waiting for a flying car to be advertised and then see the famous words: enhanced in post-production. 😛 That gripe aside, who are we kidding? Is it the people looking at the photos or ourselves? I mean, if I could tweak my photos (more on that in […]

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