Raison d’être
(This was the initial post I made on my original blog, Loco Parentis. Later, when my partner died and I made a discovery about myself the title was changed as it was not just parents I was mourning...
View Article“Somebody was using the pencil…”
As Dorothy Parker exclaimed when she missed her deadline! I have no such excuse for my procrastination. Gadgets galore, notebooks everywhere I turn and a plethora of pencil cases filled with pens at my...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry on Spending
This could be the mantra of the government right now, but it seems also to be true of the British people. Keep spending. That is the cure both personally and nationally. Except it clearly isn’t. Last...
View Article‘Evolution not Revolution’
Party politics is dead. Long live party politics. With parliament dissolved and only a week to go until the election, the UK is in political limbo. Take a good look. This is the last time politics will...
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