A Married Man’s Dilemma
A quick glance out of the window confirmed it. All nine planets were in line. Or to put it another way, I had a day to myself on Saturday. Yep, after 20 years of being a Dad the Heavens have aligned....
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Saturday morning. I was admiring the Swiss Army penknife I’d bought for our walk on the Pennine Way. Ben and I striding across the Dales – and what’s this? A horse with a stone in its hoof – no...
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The No Bathroom Blues
The Waterfall Shower. Eventually… We’ve all been there. That moment in the relationship when one of you says, ‘Look, I’ve been thinking and…’ We’d been thinking about breaking the bad news to the...
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The Third Child
The Third Child aged 6. Or maybe 7… “So why did you have a third child?” As the third child was asking the question, it seemed to merit an answer. “I’m going out for a walk,” I’d said to him an hour...
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Geriatrics in Concert
Mick Hucknall. As seen from Row Z… “Why is everyone in that queue about eighty, Dad?” I glanced out of the window. “Eighty’s a slight exaggeration, Ben. Older than your Dad, obviously. But not dead...
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The Coffee Snobs
Acceptable to the boys. Just… Really sorry if you got caught in a traffic jam on the M1 this week. It was almost certainly my fault. A virtual pal of mine was in trouble. I had to help. Panic! he...
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The Nightmare
The bed I crawled under… As I reported last week, Ben is now 18. And determined to ‘go-out-where-nowhere-special’ at every opportunity. The first time was a fortnight ago. It coincided with Jane and me...
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I Need a Hygge
The view I won’t be seeing. Not yet anyway… Hygge. Pronounced ‘hue-gah.’ Unless you’re in our house, in which case it’s ‘hug.’ Or ‘higgy.’ It’s the Danish concept of living well, living simply and...
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Nietzsche Stole my Will Power
It was all his fault… Here’s a simple question: one that goes right to the heart of the human condition. And married life as well… Does a man’s will power only exist while his wife is in the same room?...
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The Poor, Brave Soldier
The wife when I was hallucinating… That’s how it starts. The sudden need for your wife to soothe your brow and call you her ‘poor, brave soldier.’ Technically, it starts with the ominous shivering. “I...
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