Improvements to hearing over the years have undergone considerable changes, from the need to shout (still an option) to the use of ear trumpets, and now to modern digital aids linked to mobile phones. However, there is a significant difference between hearing and listening. I recall an occasion when my wife asked if I had heard the…

Patch was an amazing dog. He really was. We all loved him.  He died when I was young, but I can still remember him – a big old cuddly collie dog, more white than black. He was gorgeous.  But he was also very naughty.  The problem was he loved food! Back then, for a small…

A friend of mine gave me this little chap as gift; I believe that he comes from Zimbabwe and he sits on the book shelf over my desk. I was told when I received the gift that the piece it titled “The Thinker” and I love him, whenever I sit pondering over how to word…

Have you got your new bins? What do you say when your stationary bin starts moving?  BINGO! Probably like you I’ve bin looking into what needs to go into each one. I’ve watched videos of bottles being deep washed so they can be reused and plastic shredded and bundled up so that can be remoulded…