Author Archives: john graham

Do it yourself Dementia Care.

Posted on August 3, 2017 by john graham

In their desperation to cope with the tsunami of dementia that is overwhelming the NHS some clinicians are resorting to consulting staff and even relatives of patients.     An interesting report of an audit by the Royal Chollege of … Continue reading →

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Tidy Bears and Clutter Glasses

Posted on August 1, 2017 by john graham

After a period of remission from my cluttering dissorder I’ve now started again with the help with the Tidy Bears.   (You can see all my earlier blogs on de-cluttering by clicking on “CLUTTER” in the TAG CLOUD). I have … Continue reading →

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LLLP Brexit Negotiations on Small Print

Posted on July 30, 2017 by john graham

The Brexit negotiations continue to move along with the help of the  Last Laugh Looney Party.      This is my weekly leak, oops sorry, Cabinet communication on the excellent progress our leader Mrs Tezz is making.      Fortunately, … Continue reading →

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Dementia won’t go away.

Posted on July 27, 2017 by john graham

I wrote about the growing problem of dementia only a week ago and stories are starting to appear in the press every other day.    In fact I have been writing about the subject ever since I started this blog.    … Continue reading →

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TIDY BEAR – PANTS INVESTIGATION

Posted on July 25, 2017 by john graham

De-cluttering continues with a wardrobe box which John visits every day.   In fact it is probably the most regularly visited part of his walk-in wardrobe.   So it needs to be easy to use, and yet it isn’t ! … Continue reading →

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After a week of hard-fought negotiations, I am now able to give you a little bit more of the detail about our success with the negotiations on packaging.  Although I must ask you to keep this entirely confidential for the … Continue reading →

Posted on July 23, 2017 by john graham | 4 Comments

I Like Money !

Posted on July 20, 2017 by john graham

Piggy banks full of money.   Tins on the mantelpiece full of money.   Pockets full of change. Having money makes you feel free.    Saving money makes you feel that you have achieved something worthwhile. At least that is … Continue reading →

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The Tidy Bears are back

Posted on July 18, 2017 by john graham

Throughout June and July in the midst of all the political election shenanigans, my tidying up took a back seat and so did the Tidy Bears, who are not at all interested in politics.    They are not particularly interested … Continue reading →

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LLLP Brexit Negotiations

Posted on July 16, 2017 by john graham

Now that the Last Laugh Looney Party is in the Cabinet we are bound by Cabinet responsibility not to divulge our confidential discussions to anyone.   However in the spirit of “Open Government”, which our Prime Miniser says she is … Continue reading →

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Oranges might slow down Dementia.

Posted on July 13, 2017 by john graham

I wrote a lot about dementia the early days of this blog.    ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on Dementia in the Topics List).      I rather gave up after writing about … Continue reading →

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