life – a horse, a husband, and cancer

Five Years

Anniversaries, can be either side of the coin, a blessing or a curse, but whichever way you choose to look at them, you can’t really avoid them. Fast or slow, the same dates will come around each year, and the distance between the present you and that past you will have increased some more, whetherContinue reading “Five Years”

FAREWELL TO THE SKYLARK Part Three.

“Time to say……..Goodbye.” In the first few days of the New Year 2021, that which I had feared for so long was going to happen did happen, when Elaine died. One of the consequences of her death was that ownership of her pick-up truck, aka The Skylark, passed to me. It was the third truckContinue reading “FAREWELL TO THE SKYLARK Part Three.”

FAREWELL TO THE SKYLARK, Part Two.

“You might be surprised my son.” Although this is, in the most part, a stand- alone story it does follow on directly from Skylark part one, so it will make more sense if you read part one before reading this. ******************************************** Elaine and I had recently purchased the Nissan pick-up that, unbeknown toContinue reading ” FAREWELL TO THE SKYLARK, Part Two.”

Farewell to the Skylark- Part 1

I had originally intended this post to be a one-off concerning just the one particular truck, but soon came to realise that I was restricting myself far too much in this way. So, though the loss of the ‘Skylark’ remains the primary story, I have expanded it to cover a number of vehicles over threeContinue reading “Farewell to the Skylark- Part 1”

POLLYS PYJAMAS…Part Two.

I am aware that I’m being watched, no actually I’m being observed, by my doctor who has just come into the waiting room to call me through. He studies me as I brace to push myself upright, stand and then stiffly waddle past him to the open door of his office. Once there, I lowerContinue reading “POLLYS PYJAMAS…Part Two.”