The author enjoys walking the South West Coast Path to St Ives, appreciating its beauty and the local scenery. While reflecting on experiences in various countries, they find solace in St Ives amidst global chaos, noting the contrast between locals and visitors. Encounters with well-rounded travelers provide a sense of hope and humor in life’s absurdities.
Category Archives: satire/irony
In defence of ‘Old Fartism’
Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash “…inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” (Terry Pratchett in Moving Pictures). Quite often on social media platforms, one reads an inspirational quote designed to elevate one’s nascent spirituality out of the amoral gutter that is your actual existence, and up into the bright new dawn of enlightenedContinue reading “In defence of ‘Old Fartism’”
Letters from 1600
The White House Washington May 6th 2020 Dear Boris, I’m pleased to hear you are back at work after catching the virus. I hear it was bad. Pretty bad, a bad virus. Did I tell you the time I caught a virus. It was a bad one. Felt terrible. I had to take antibiotics orContinue reading “Letters from 1600”
Letters from Number 10. The Covid Files 2.
20th April 2020 Dear Dom, “QED” as my old housemaster used to say when confiscating our packets of fags and condoms before sneaking off to the ‘Nanny and Spanker’ in Windsor to put them to good use himself. He of course meant ‘Quod Erat Demonstrandum’ but I note some wags are calling our response toContinue reading “Letters from Number 10. The Covid Files 2.”
“I know more…”
(If you don’t do irony…don’t read this…and if I need to state this to you, you shouldn’t be here). I have decided to turn my life around. I am going to start to believe in myself, have confidence and talk myself up. No more nagging self doubt and insecurity. I am going to follow myContinue reading ““I know more…””
Looking After Your Ring. 