And so it rolls around again, and some of the men will get all upset that there’s a day for us poor, hysterical folk possessing of boobs and vaginas. That we feel there’s a necessity to implement an International Women’s Day concerns them. “But WHY?” we hear them wail in unison. And it’s a good question. Because, […]
Happy Mother’s Day. To the mothers I know, and the ones I don’t, you are wonderful, ethereal creatures. My own mum will turn seventy in October of this year; and I have never valued what she is and what she does, more than I do now that I am older. With each passing year, I […]
WWhhoopp!! Oh Amsterdam how do I love thee, let me count the ways….. It’s been more than twenty years since I was in you. I went with my ex-husband and we stayed with friends, and I never saw the canals or the museums or the red-light district. We never made it there, because my […]
You’ve changed my life, (and probably the lives of millions, around the world), but let’s not talk about them. I want to think that I’m your special one. I can’t thank you enough, for the things you’ve introduced me to that I might never have experienced, had I not met you. From the moment we […]
I do believe I’ve lost the will to drink. No. Really….. After my first foray into the darker side of life (the pub with mates to watch the inaugural match of the Six Nations tournament), after five weeks on the wagon, I realised: I can’t do it, I don’t like it, and it most definitely […]
Who indeed. And who was it who said this? Why, the inimitable Mr Wilde of course, and as always; he was completely right. Except not about actual poor people, with or without love they are really, as in the dictionary definition; poor. No amount of trying to beam amour from your eyes intensely into the […]
….. Donald Trump, David Cameron, George Osborne, doping scandals in athletics, crooked football organisations, crooked police, crooked politicians (in every country), Sepp Blatter, Vladimir Putin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin’s son, BoB (rapper and flat earth believer), The Flat Earth Society, Kim Jong-Un, religious bigots of ALL denominations, Westboro Baptist Church, corrupt bankers, governments who don’t hold […]
….. in fact, it isn’t at all! (Well apart from the usual grown-up angst about where you can recuperate the money you spent on a new bag, to pay the leccy bill. But you don’t have to be a PANK to worry about that shiz.) Por ejemplo, ¡mira! I think it’s always nice to get a […]
So, we’re a week into 2016 already, and it feels like any other year, right? WRONG! This is the year that our collective brain is highly likely to melt out of our ears, creating something that closely resembles the primordial soup from which we came. How do I know this? Drummond Puddle Watch What a time […]
Never, during any of my darkest days (and there have been a few), have I felt that there was no hope left in sight. Maintaining this sentiment is such an important part of life to me, that I had the word etched permanently into my skin. A daily visible reminder, that I must never lose […]
The Secret Diary of Anne Pank 