Author Archives: john graham

Final Flourish.

Posted on November 18, 2020 by john graham

Autumn is drawing to a close, a few flowers still bring a smile to these wet and windy days.      They have waited all summer-long to wave their good bye. My garden has kept me busy and the flowers … Continue reading →

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The Little Things !

Posted on November 15, 2020 by john graham

In these dark down, tied down, up and down days, it’s the little things that keep you going. the Phillips screwdriver in your hand when your trying to unscrew an old type screw,    Grrrr! the exciting parcel that has … Continue reading →

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Covid Vacuum

Posted on November 11, 2020 by john graham

I am in a Covid vacuum. Coronapop has crowded out all other thoughts. I could turn back to clutter, but Coronapop now is my clutter.   Turn on the tele and it’s all about Coronapop. Open the paper and Coronapop … Continue reading →

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A Puzzling Day ?

Posted on November 8, 2020 by john graham

Full up and fed up with Coronapop.    Locked in ☹️     Shielding  or  shielded ? Time for a puzzle to keep my brain alive and free from Coronapop for a while. No point in looking at the news it’s all … Continue reading →

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Coronapop Brain Fog

Posted on November 4, 2020 by john graham

Coronapop is exhausting.    I am tired of it now.     It came from nowhere and in no time at all it’s everywhere. It has replaced the weather as the first daily topic of conversation.    “How many people … Continue reading →

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Elderly Commodity—- continued

Posted on November 1, 2020 by john graham

This is a continuation of my previous post commenting on the Sunday Times Insight investigation into the Government/ NHS handling of the Coronapop crisis. At the beginning they were focused on preventing the NHS from being overwhelmed, which is understandable … Continue reading →

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Elderly Commodity

Posted on October 28, 2020 by john graham

Two headlines in the Sunday Times on 25 October grabbed my attention:- “Revealed: how elderly paid price of protectingNHS from Covid”  was the front page story of an investigation onto how older people were treated by the NHS during the … Continue reading →

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Coronapop Poem

Posted on October 25, 2020 by john graham

  When I was a child, I always knew. Corona pop was for me, not you! Coronapop is in my head, it wakes me up when I go to bed. I think about it every day, it will not go … Continue reading →

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LLLP GOES VIRAL

Posted on October 21, 2020 by john graham

The Last Laugh Looney Party is beginning to have a global influence.   It has gone viral.    Rather like Coronapop 🤡 Ever since the LLLP started its investigation into UK Government spending and began to come up with radical recommendations … Continue reading →

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Coronapop Rugby🏉

Posted on October 18, 2020 by john graham

I last posted about rugby way back in June, when I thought the season was all over and Leicester Tigers were at the bottom of the table (bar Saracens who were relegated for cheating ).  But, I was wrong ! … Continue reading →

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