Today (in the UK) is Mothers' Day: a time to celebrate and honour our mothers; for everything they have done for us - from the 9-month "growing-inside" and the hours of painful labour, through to the bum-wiping, cooking, cleaning, teaching and wotnot ( Read more... )

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I like birds. All types of birds. The pretty ones and the plain ones. The clever ones and the simple ones. The wild ones and the tame ones. Big, small - I like them all.

Let me tell you about the three that live with me...

The first bird is a male cockatiel that is independently minded; some would describe him as having an attitude problem, but I ( Read more... )

Of all the 52 Sundays of the year, this has to be one of my favourites.

According to one on-line dictionary, Advent Sunday is “...The liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and in Eastern churches in mid-November, and observed by many Christians as a season of prayer, fasting, and ( Read more... )

Once upon a time there were four bears; Mummy Bear, Daddy Bear, Littlegirl Bear, and Littleboy Bear. They all lived together in Bear Cottage at the edge of Sherwood Forest.

They all lived quite happily together - notwithstanding the occasional upset from vagrant young women who ate their food, broke their furniture and slept in their beds.

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Once you commit yourself to something - however bizarre it may seem to other people - you owe it to yourself to enjoy the experience.

[Iris in Scenes Of A Sexual Nature - a nice film show recently on TV]

Back in 2001 there was a delivery company which provided a wide range of services to industry and the public. For the sake of this story, we will call the company “Newtonshire Community Company” or “NCC” for short ( Read more... )