Category Archives: The stuff of daily life

Two significant things have been learned in the past week. One was that the Church of Ireland Pension Fund has recovered to the point where it would be possible to retire before the normal retirement age of 68 and take … Continue reading →

It’s five years since we bade farewell to my old dad. To be honest, neither he nor we expected him to reach the age of eighty-three.  A self-proclaimed grumpy old bugger, he was old Labour, anti-Royalist and fiercely patriotic. There … Continue reading →

It must be five, six, possibly more years since Bob Mortimer taught me a lesson which has more than once been important in the business of getting through the days. In an episode of Gone Fishing, Bob Mortimer reflected on … Continue reading →

Perhaps it was the discovery that bees could count up to four that made me think about intelligence in the natural world. A friend still doubts the studies of Queen Mary University, London that shows the mathematical ability of bees, … Continue reading →

‘Do you remember the time we took you to the youth club and you stood looking gormless?’ There was no answer to be made, there was no memory of such a moment, no belief that it had ever occurred. There … Continue reading →