Today was hard. The pain was overwhelming. By lunch time I felt sick with tiredness. I still made myself go swimming, I did what I set out to do – sort of. My left knee threw sharp pains into my workout so I had to keep stopping. I am sure it is osteoarthritis combined with […]

As we transform from sharp cold to grey misery, I have hope of returning to the outdoor pool. The ‘Grumpy Swimmer’ will transform, like a swan, into an ‘Angelic Aquanaught’. I am not in touch with too many people from my school days despite me still living in the dwelling I grew up in. However,

No, it isn’t mine. It would have been my Granddad Coxhead’s 117th birthday. He was known as ‘One Armed Bob’ in the village. Yeah, you got it, he had one arm – his left for the record. He lost his right arm in a pit accident around 1928. He didn’t smile often but when he

The Fibro Fog has lifted today. Thank goodness.   The outdoor pool is still closed ‘for our safety’. How come in the snowy nations of Iceland, Norway, Finland etc can manage to get people in to outdoor pools with no danger but not here? Could it be they don’t want to a. make the effort

I didn’t leave the house except to Poo Pick (I know, you didn’t need to know that). Wow….that was interesting then. Actually, yesterday was a bit dull. Short diary entry then.     The morning was very unfocused. It took me all morning to write my journal and diary. It was interspersed with multiple cups

Today wasn’t particularly remarkable. I did a bit of stuff like getting a new watch battery in Auntie G’s watch, more deathmin for the paint company (will it ever end?!), a swim and sauna (more of this later) and Book Club meeting As I was swimming up and down in the wrong pool (again, I

There Are Rivers In The Sky (2024) – Elif Shafak This was sold to me as fantastic. One of my book club selected it as her book of the year but, I guess it just wasn’t for me. Concept- I loved the concept of the droplet of water reincarnating. However, I am not sure the

I showed up. I am here for the next instalment. Here goes….Dear Diary (that is how you are meant to start isn’t it?)     You will pleased to know that I am feeling better than I did yesterday. The gloom clouds are’t hovering so no goggles are needed for crying into….yet (See January 6th

When does a new year start for us? And…why is it important. Due to a whole pile of things in my Nobody Life which happened in the Gregorian calendar of 2024, I definitely feel the need to start something new. Actually, what I really need is to NOT have another year like the one we

Structural Bullying   I have been spectacularly unsuccessful in keeping up with my Blog. My title is a little, well, tedious but I am not going to start apologising again because; a. I doubt anyone will believe me AND b. I don’t really have anything to apologise for.         As always, life