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"Did you have an imaginary friend when you were young?" As I mentioned a few months ago, I have had a fairly serious heart condition since the day I was born. It's been operated on a few times, and - aside from those times - it hasn't really caused me any major health pro...

If you asked my brother and sister (before she died) whether my parents played favourites, I am pretty sure they would both have told you that - yes, they do. But neither of them would have said that they were the favourite. Me, personally - I didn't see it.  I was punished when I ...

I have to admit that I have had a fairly privileged life when it comes to travelling out of Britain. (I am counting Britain as one country - I am not one of these people who classes themselves as English first and British second - I am British, and that is all there is to…

While I think that this "theme of the week" is somewhat overly dramatic and excessive, I do have an answer to it. And - quite honestly - it didn't take that long to realise what it was. While I did write the above originally, I admit it was a tad petty, and that I should…

I skipped last week's ToTW entry because - quite honestly - the news that was being reported in this country made me sick. There was nothing I could even come close as describing as "my favourite story" and I suspect if I had started talking about any of them, I would have filled up pre...

While it seems either unlikely or somewhat contrived, I would have to say my best quality and my worst quality are actually the same thing - my imagination. I love the fact I have a good imagination. It lets me write stories - stories that are (I am told) quite good and worth reading. It…

Around eight to ten years ago, The Company sent me to Holland. There were three main reasons for this - the first was that the customer was Dutch, which meant that going to Mexico or Disney World would probably have been a waste of time, the second was that the customer was having issues with&hel...

My first encounter with Anne of Green Gables was the made for TV movie  staring Megan Follows. My then girlfriend of the time made me watch it, and I have to admit I fell in love with it almost at once. Part of it was the incomparable Ms Follows, who is truly brilliant in the part,…