Well folks – you won’t be seeing me about for a few weeks. The Luton and Dunstable NHS Trust are fitting me with a new knee. The old one(s) started giving me trouble eight or so years ago, following chemo-immunotherapy. It’s not kept me from cycling, singing and living fairly normally; apart from walking. Thank …
Mr Sparkler: temporary retirement – incoming new knee! Read More »
Where’s that” you say. Christmas Eve – one more sleep until “The Day”. I wonder what people who are considered “the have-nots” are wondering about us “the haves”; having it all. As you can see I’m experiencing a vocabulary deficiency. I speculate that some of this is due to living with discomfort, pain and feelings …
Thank you friends – you have helped me over the finishing line. I’ve smashed the £100 target I set myself and I completed 86 miles. I had wanted to cycle to all my gigs but bad knees, urology contraptions and the weather restricted me – but I did a few! It’s been a hoot really. …
Dear friends, thanks to you all, either with your hard-earned cash or your kind, thoughtful encouragement, I’ve well and truly passed my target!This money – now standing at about £200, with more to come, will enable Music in Hospitals and Care to increase their reach into enhancing the lives of folk who find themselves away …
On the final stretch; already crashed through the tape! Read More »
My word – how can I say I’m a Blogger when I haven’t posted or shared? What a lightweight! Although a good friend is constantly admonishing and reminding me that I’m OK and a contributor of some talent. This world of ours is a better place with me in it. I’m sure Putin or Idi …
I’m into my third week – and I haven’t properly posted Read More »
This morning is the 11th September 2023. A date which has many connotations to me. Obviously “9-11”, but on the positive side it has been twenty years exactly since I’ve been “smoke-free”. That’s something to celebrate. Also it was the date of my “Life-begins-at-Forty” experience kicking off: being kicked out and trying to survive in …
