WHAT CLASS WERE YOU IN?
I once told her I was sweating. She pulled me up on that one. ‘No Michael; horses sweat, men perspire, but we ladies just feel the heat.’
Who is Who in Life’s Real Hall of Fame?
In my experience, the most readable people are ordinary men and women. Often and unexpectedly those we consider conventional people were cast by fate into extraordinary situations.
Return of the Witchfinders
Robert Burns: “Here’s freedom to him who would speak; here’s freedom to him who would write; for there’s none ever feared that the truth should be heard; save he who the truth would indict.”
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
Would anyone be inspired to write books, compose music, or paint pictures if there was no one to enjoy them?
The Dovetails Hotel Romantic Comedy
The entertaining and engaging interludes are accompanied by risqué humour and naughty incidents. A reader writes, ‘I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am feeling rather warm.’
A Night Spent in Paradise
The evocative soul-searing romance of Latin America was enduring. By chance whilst relaxing in a cantina I had made eye contact with a stunning senorita. The watering hole’s ambience was so Spanish the saloon looked like a movie set. Soon after the preliminaries, we amorous pair disappeared up […]
MANNERS MAKETH MAN
Where and when appropriate I greet a lady by the simple courtesy of raising the back of her hand to near my lips. For many, it is a first experience that has so far brought pleasure. I wonder how many women have had a hat raised in greeting […]
I Was Easily Beaten by People with Learning Difficulties
One of the rarest terms in the English language is, ‘I don’t know.’ Very few people are wise enough to concede that they are clueless about a topic but are prepared to learn from those who do know. I admit to being clever at very little. I am […]
Girls will be GIRLS
MAKE READING FUN AGAIN: A group of 40-year-old girlfriends discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the waiters there had tight pants and nice buns. 10 years later, at 50 years of age, the […]
Better a Whale of a Time
BE INSPIRED BY READING AGAIN: In a large city in France, a poster featuring a young, thin, and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym. The caption read: ‘This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?’ A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics […]
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