We all have those times when we make a decision and then suddenly realise we have made a commitment which requires a great number of actions in a very limited time. The first time Marion and I faced such a situation was in the first half of 1977. I had been offered a reporter’s jobContinue reading “Beginning a brand-new adventure still going strong half a century later”
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A Fairly Sad Tale
by Dorothy Parker I think that I shall never knowWhy am I thus, and I am so.Around me, other girls inspireIn men the roar and rush of fire,The sweet transparency of glass,The tenderness of April grass,The durability of granite;But me – I don’t know how to plan it.The lads I’ve met in Cupid’s deadlockWere –Continue reading “A Fairly Sad Tale”
Quick as a flash – in fact it takes a lot longer to do simple tasks nowadays
Strange thing about people, they think they will go on forever, doing the things they do and still doing the things they did when they were younger. When I was younger I could drink till morning at an all night party; I could get behind the wheel of any car from a 1955 Moggie MinorContinue reading “Quick as a flash – in fact it takes a lot longer to do simple tasks nowadays”
A final fling
The summer of ’66 was over and I had finished my work experience at the Rhyl and Prestatyn Gazette and was preparing to return to the world of education. The difference between my time at Rhyl Grammar School and the year I spent at Flintshire College of Technology was that at one I was treatedContinue reading “A final fling”
Robin's Nest 