Resident Alien
April 14, 2021So I’ve decided to write more TV and Film reviews. Partially because people seem to like to read them, but mostly because they’re easy and good practice and practice is a really good procrastination tool because it’s potentially a positive and I can pretend I’m not in fact procrastinating at all. Win/win. So the next review is Resident Alien. I like my TV off beat and quirky, or fanciful and far-fetched. I live in reality, why in the name of heaven would I want to watch it on TV as well? Resident Alien offers me all of those things plus…
Underwear is Everything.
Yes, I know, I’ve heard the news. Women have enjoyed the freedom of working from home, no more do they want to be tied to the shackles of uncomfortable underpinnings. Our relationship with underwear is changing. Here’s the thing though,…
On Growing up with Alcoholic Parents Part 2: Mum
This one has been a hard one to approach. It hits very close to home and to a lot of the problems that I am battling at the moment. It hits close to home because my mother is living in…
Post Brexit Identity Crisis
Before you read on, I’m a remoaner. I’m a bleeding heart liberal. I am a left wing snowflake. Think of that what you will, it will tell you a bit about what’s coming and gives you the opportunity to make…
My hopes and predictions for season two of Prodigal Son (when I finally get to watch it).
I thought we could do with a more whimsical subject after the last miseryfest of a blog and it’s been a very long week (check on your friends with strong willed daughters who don’t like home schooling, they are not okay). So I figured I’d cheer…
On growing up with alcoholic parents, part 1: Dad
Four years ago, when my first-born child was just four months old. My father was admitted into hospital. He’d had an epileptic fit. He hadn’t had epilepsy before but, as an older man, he started to have ‘funny turns’ that would cost…
New beginnings
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills.’ – Ernest Hemingway Hello, good evening and welcome to my blog. It’s a been a few long years since…
