Retirement Rocks

In a previous post , I told the story of the very first movie I'd been allowed to go see by myself. Yesterday I was surfing the tv chann...

Funny but it's true..................... These are the opening words of a 60's song by UK singer Helen Shapiro and they were very ap...

At 3:49 EDT tomorrow (Sat), the space shuttle Discovery is due to blast off from the KSC and begin mission STS-121 to the international spa...

It probably ties in with my previous post (musical memories of my teen years) but when I hear the above words, I automatically think of the ...

No, not the Mama's & Papa's hit from the 60's but the day of the week. I do love that record though - ok I love just about a...

ENGLAND 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP Well it would be nice to say that the talking is all over and the tournament has begun.........but only one of ...

Daily walking is all very well but you tend to get bored with the same views all the time. Of course the 'trick' is to vary one'...

Note : I started this post on Saturday but left it for a few hours and when I returned to it, I wasn't able to upload any photos. I spen...

I was born in the small town of Ballymoney (pop : 9,021 in 2001) in N. Ireland, a lifetime ago. From as early an age as I can remember, I ha...

My friend, Ken, came round yesterday and helped me put up the mirror in my living room - well actually he put up the mirror and I fixed coff...

Sometimes I take this country for granted. Sure it has it's problems, but then what country doesn't ? I love the scenery for one thi...

After my 7 mile walk out in the countryside yesterday, I wanted to do most of it again today and take some photos along the way. All my wal...