A Mathom House of Sorts

There’s Wisdom in the Words of the Wise

Went for a walk with Katie (6) this morning. She had asked to join me on one of my morning

I am currently on holiday in a place called Mapua in the Tasman region of New Zealand. Holidays for me

Here we are on the last day of 2012. A few words need to be recorded to mark the occasion.

You don’t see towelling sun hats as often as you used to I think that’s sad The crate of beer has all but disappeared too

Sixteen years ago on 5 October my dad died. I was 30 and he 64. I was rather fond of

You know that whole giving up the drinking alcohol thing… Well I fell off the wagon. Actually I stepped off

I love this phrase. It’s the title of the autobiography David McPhail a Christchurch lawyer, actor and comedian. It is

“Goodbye to the Port and Brandy, to the Vodka and the Stag, To the Schmiddick and the Harpic, the bottled

I fly Always in motion I hide in the sky Thousands of lonely people amidst Tens of thousands of happy