November  already, got quite a bit to report here.   I have been attending a poetry 

group with the very inspirational Mike Garry with other stroke patients and our homework

was to write a sonnet.   Check out Mike’s work via his many books or watch this video

The day was special as I had arrived to the news that a dear dear pal had been rushed… Continue reading →

Another consultant meeting, a general check up, blood pressure, bloods, talk about depression advice – all par for the course I guess being a Stroke Survivor.

Time to make a decision about Marvin, thats my car, well they do have names don’t they?  I would have to sell it now, I wasn’t doing the mileage now to warrant having a 2.7 engine, heartache as I loved my merc, was… Continue reading →

A year on, well let me just celebrate before that milestone as I’m enjoing the Egyptian sun first.

A week away with Wifey & daughters 1 and 2, oh it was bliss, total relaxation but in the back of our

minds was the trouble that had recently spilled out in Egypt (although there was no signs of it

whatsoever in Sharm).   We got back almost a week to the… Continue reading →

Dont Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re on seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

You want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is getting  you down a bit,

Rest, if you must but don’t you dare quit,

Life is queer, with its twists and turns,

As everyone one of us will… Continue reading →