These last 15 months have been some of the strangest in my life. The fourth recurrence of my bowel cancer started in January 2020, and has been a work in progress ever since. Some weird disease swept the world: MOVID? COMID? I forget the name, but it’s been a trying time for
Back in 2019, through a combination of diet and exercise, I managed to lose a whole bunch of weight. In early 2020, however, I got told that I’d had another recurrence of my cancer. Worse, and because of the coronavirus lockdown, I would not be offered surgery to remove this new tumour.
Back in 2019, we decided that it time to move house. Specifically, it was time to get that house in the country, that we’d always talked about. 2019 was a quiet time in my cancer treatment and, given I was having cancer treatment, if we didn’t move then, it might be too
One of the biggest challenges facing students when they attend university for the first time, is cooking. Specifically, cooking in a shared kitchen. After all, students tend to arrive at university after 18 years of having their evening meals prepared by their parents… Most students, of course, will be able to cook
As everyone with any degree of science education knows: around 13.8 billion years ago, there was nothing… then there was a big bang. Now, as strange as it might seem, there are some people for whom this explanation sounds unlikely. And, to be fair, you can see why. So, if the idea
So, it turns out that if you play decades of hockey, while being too overweight to sensibly do so, there is a knock-on effect on your health… I mean who could have predicted such a thing?! Yet, here I am with arthritis in my left knee. Well, osteoarthritis, to be precise, but
Around this time last year, and when my older daughter, Emma, was thinking about such things, I wrote a post asking whether it was worth doing DofE Gold, to get into University. To which the answer was: yes, but only for the personal growth. DofE Gold does not afford you any extra
I recently read the novel Copperhead, by Bernard Cornwell. This book is set during the American Civil War and included a conversation between a northerner and a southerner. This conversation related to their respective thoughts on the equality of man, something so important to the United States that it is specifically referenced
During October, I drove into Wellington to pick up a few things, and got caught in traffic. There was a queue to turn right towards Asda, where I intended to go. However, the road to the left, and Waitrose, was open. I don’t normally shop at Waitrose because it’s expensive, but it
At the end of September 2020, my older daughter, Emma, left for university. At that time, there was a feeling of optimism around the country, that we were collectively on top of the Coronavirus Pandemic. As such, moving into student accommodation on campus seemed the natural thing to do. But, as anyone
