Author Archives: John Sanders

Sunday, 16th January, 2022 When I tried to be proactive and phoned the Hospital to find out when I will be seen under the 2-week referral rule for colorectal cancer, I was told that the 2-week rule was being stretched … Continue reading →

Sunday, 9th January, 2022 Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock – T.S.Eliot – 1910 The parkland about 20 … Continue reading →

I must apologise for not wishing readers a Happy New Year. Even the white rabbit is late. I was too preoccupied to even think straight. Hope it’s better late than never. We went out to visit our former neighbours who … Continue reading →

Heavy rain again over night and this morning looks distinctly gloomy. Did a couple of hours walk early on in a window of relative dry although all around were the signs of the morning after the night before. Even so, … Continue reading →

Sunday, 19th December, 2021 Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world .. W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming With Covid raging, Johnson incredibly weak and in hoc to his extremists, he is in little position … Continue reading →

Sunday, 12th December, 2021 Birth, and copulation, and death. That’s all the facts when you come to brass tacks: Birth, and copulation, and death. A dark, dampish start to the morning but incredibly mild. Having returned from France, Christmas planning … Continue reading →

Quite tired when we got home after 2½ hours of M1 +M25 driving. I was driving so that Pauline and her friend could share a bottle of Prosecco with their meal. I drove Christine back to her home after a … Continue reading →

Sunday, 28th November, 2021 After a cold night with a magically clear and star-studded sky, the morning has opened distinctly cool at 1C/34F but with azure-blue and gorgeous sunshine. Isn’t life good? Well, we soft Southerners do feel the cold … Continue reading →

Sunday, 21st November, 2021 The sky outside is clear blue with strong sunshine but the temperature outside is only 7C/45F which is quite cool. Not sure if shorts and tee-shirt will do for my walk this morning. Hard to believe … Continue reading →

Rather overcast start to a warm day for the Athens Marathon. We went down to the old, Olympic Stadium for the event. It was very busy but enjoyable. I was ready for the event. The organisation was meticulous … for … Continue reading →