Author Archives: john graham

SCRAP Step 22 Cleaning Materials

Posted on March 7, 2017 by john graham

It is March and I am forging on with my de-cluttering with some spring cleaning.      You would think with all this clutter we might have a cleaning problem, but as they say “ours is a clean house ours … Continue reading →

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Welsh Older People’s Housing 2

Posted on March 5, 2017 by john graham

This is the second post on the housing proposals in a report being considered by the Welsh Assembly.    This time it is all about the numbers, which is the acid test of whether aspiration can become reality.  All too … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 21 – Glasses

Posted on March 2, 2017 by john graham

You can never have too many glasses.      I don’t know who said that, but he must have lived in our house at one time, because we have enough of them for a royal wedding. Where did they all … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 20 – Kitchen Wine Rack

Posted on February 28, 2017 by john graham

Today’s de-cluttering task is in the kitchen, with the one item of equipment that I claim responsibility for — the wine rack.    It has been specially made to fit at the end of the island work top.   It was … Continue reading →

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Welsh Older People’s Housing 1

Posted on February 26, 2017 by john graham

Last week I wrote a scathing critique of the Governments White Paper on Housing and my view that it will do very little to improve the desperate shortage of housing for older people in the U.K.   At much the … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 19 – Computer Stuff

Posted on February 23, 2017 by john graham

I am back to de-cluttering today.   This may get very technical, but I will try and explain it simply. Every computer geek has an accumulation of wires and cables  and things.   It’s the modern equivalent of the box … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 18 – Apothecary Chest

Posted on February 21, 2017 by john graham

Still working on the clutter.    Today I turn my attention the  wonderful piece of furniture that takes pride of place in our main bedroom.    It is an apothecary’s chest that was made by my Uncle Den.   Den … Continue reading →

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Housing Delusion

Posted on February 19, 2017 by john graham

This month the Government published a White Paper “Fixing our broken housing market” which was whiter than white.     Full of home truths, so full that you could not disagree with any of it.    Except, all of it. … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 17- Whisky Galore !

Posted on February 16, 2017 by john graham

This could be my nicest de-cluttering task.    I have two top shelves in a chock-a-block cupboard which are laden with half-full malt whisky bottles, deliberately out of easy reach, otherwise I would be an alcoholic by now. I acquired … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 16 – Disappearing Socks

Posted on February 14, 2017 by john graham

It was three and a half years ago when  I first wrote about clutter and socks featured in my post. ( You can look up the post by clicking on Oct 2013 in the Archive ).     I was … Continue reading →

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