Sunday Miscellany - Incapable or Unlearned
Writing is my winter sport, but that’s not because I don ‘t write in the summer, its just that the plants shout at me louder in the growing months, as they pop up their heads in places that surprise me, and the snails begin their game of guerrilla munching which has been known to send me into an apoplectic range of a Sunday morning, when nurtured seedlings have been decimated to a status of singl…
Sunday Miscellany - Penis and Philosphy
I’m going to go out on a limb in this weeks journal and talk about two things that inspired me recently, Penises and lessons in Philosophy.
Lets get the penis discussion out of the way first shall we?
I appreciate that for most of you, talking about penises is about as appropriate and palatable as bringing your vegetarian friend out for dinner and ordering roast swan on a bed of sauted goldf…
Sunday Miscellany - The Jane Austen Cookery School of Decadence Debauchery and Hemorrhage !
It’s been a while since I’ve contributed to RB and it’s now time to get back on to the keyboard saddle after weeks of illness, work, dithering about, entertaining people that I owed dinner too, hospital visits, more bloody illness and yet more dithering and flutin about scratchin my ass and not getting into first gear on anything. My usual start to the new year!
But at the start…
Sunday Miscellany - A whole heap a Nothin
I have absolutely no freakin idea what to write, hence the title this week, ‘A whole heap a Nothin". I’m just trying to get back into a keyboard swing and the habit of typing the words, quantity being the goal and be damned with the quality, that can come when I have more time to devote to this curious sport of writing.
I’m in my kitchen and its 7 a.m on Sunday morning. Eld…
Sunday Miscellany - My Friend Tina
There’s a gaelic expression that goes -Cead mile Failte – which loosely translated into english means a ‘thousand welcomes’ and as I return to my journal I feel I should say a ‘thousand sorry’s’ for abandoning Redbubble over my summer. Perhaps abandoning is not quite correct because I have dipped in regularly to read it’s fantastic writers and perus…
Sunday Miscellany - The Global Local
One of the advantages of being married to the Missus is her smile, its a constant addition to her face and when we’re out and about, having pints or walking unknown streets and tracks, or standing in the midst of strangers, her smile always invites others to nod, or to say hello or to ask for that street direction that they were afraid to ask of others. Her smile is like a facial bell on th…
Sunday Miscellany - Special Needs my ass !
I’ve missed a few weeks, three I think and I can only remember a reason for one of them, which was last week so forgive me. When somebody says they haven’t got time to write I usually don’t believe them, because there’s always time, its just how we use it. So I’ve no really good excuses, other than I have no willpower and was up to my tits in work and family and Special Olympics, which is where …
Sunday Miscellany - The Lads - The Lesson
Last week I mentioned that my younger brother was home from Poland and he stayed with us for most of the week. So the Bro’s got together to do a few things in the evenings. And most times that means we include the Dad so he doesn’t feel left out. But this week I noticed that Eldest wouldn’t be left behind either. At thirteen he has grown into a young man and thinks of himself as…
Sunday Miscellany - Observations
One of the girls in work this week told me I had the eyes of a gay man. I think it was meant as a compliment because she called the other four lads a bunch of ‘typical male gobshites’. And this was because I noticed she had come back after Friday lunch with a new hair do and I simply asked where she was going on Friday night. Of course the lads were pissed off because now Cathal is &#…
Sunday Miscellany - Just an Ordinary Day
I have no idea what to write tonight. Have you ever looked back on a week and realised you did nothing of importance or else you’ve forgotten what happened? I have a lazy brain at the moment and feel like just sitting down to watch mindless crap on the telly, but hey, what else should one do on a saturday night (apart from go out and fun that is!)
Today was just an ordinary day to be enjoye…