My Wife’s Strange Dizzy Spells
My wife suffered dizzy spells recently, which took a turn for the worse. Our doctor;s reception sent her home without seeing her, where she collapsed. Was this right? Paramedics had to be called to assist...
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Category General
This section covers posts that in general do not fit into other sections easily. They will mostly be made by admin on whatever I am adding at that moment, which is usually something to do with writing, publishing, websites, eating or Thailand, which is where I live :-)
Biometric Data for Residency Cards
My Thai wife may need a residency card to live here after Brexit - nobody really knows - and part of the application process is the provision of biometric data, but what a palaver, and a waste of time!
United Nations Special Rapporteur on UK Poverty
Statement on Visit to the United Kingdom, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
NANOWRIMO 2018
NANOWRIMO 2018 starts on November 1st 2018. If you have ever dreamed of writing a book, now is the time to do it!
Promotion on Megan Publishing Services
Promotion on Megan Publishing Services is available in several formats for writers and other artists to make their work more widely known
Iain Scott
Iain Scott is a Singer, Impersonator and Comedian Extraordinaire. I had never head of him before the gig at O'Brien's, but I am glad I was there...
S. A. Brain Doesn’t Brew Any Longer…
S. A. Brain Doesn't Brew Any Longer or so a Brains pub manager told me the other day, although Wikipedia doesn't mention it...
Our Visit to the Doctor
... and left the doctor's surgery with the strange feeling that there was something he wasn't telling me. We had been in there for fifteen to twenty minutes for two check-ups
Are You Reading A Book Or Story?
I was talking to someone who said that he was reading my book on his tablet. Being a bit of a pedant myself, I had to stop myself from saying something, not least though because I didn't want to stem his adoration of my work...
O’Brien’s – The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry
O'Brien's - The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry - has a terrible reputation among people who don't use it, but is it unjustified? People who don't use O'Brien's seem to have a dreadful fear of the place!
Night In Annwn Audiobook
A Night In Annwn Audiobook It has taken me most of this year so far to get my first audiobook – A Night In Annwn – read as an audiobook, but the process is now complete and you can listen…
When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink…
When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink… I will admit it straight from the off! I am a writer with an axe to grind and I cannot understand people who complain that books are too expensive. Most books, in…
#FBPE – The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag
#FBPE – The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag Have you ever heard of #FBPE ? No, I hadn’t until recently either, but apparently #FBPE is the anti-Brexit hashtag that is sweeping the country amongst those who can’t see the sense in leaving…
Water Supply
Water Supply I didn’t realise it until today, but the local water supply was cut off five days ago. Please don’t assume that I don’t wash often, it isn’t that, we have a water tank with a capacity of a…
Being Ill in the Countryside
Being Ill in the Countryside A lump has been growing on my back for the last week or two. I haven’t paid it much attention because it didn’t hurt and I have had a non-malignant lymphoma removed before. The…
Fourth of July
Fourth of July From the thirteenth of September, 2004 to the fourth of July, 2005, we slept on my mother-in-law’s floor in the small, rice-growing village where we live in northern Thailand, while we were waiting for our own house…
Cruelty to Snakes
I abhor cruelty, including cruelty to snakes. I like them, but I understand many don't, though that isn't carte blanche to cause suffering
Linguistic Sloppiness
Linguistic Sloppiness. As my regular readers will know, I am in love with languages, so I have noticed a strange shift in the BBC’s reporting. When I was a student of the USSR and Russian in the seventies, we talked…