MONTE CARLO OR BUST! (poker)
I say this every time I come to one of these events: “As an amateur poker player, why would you come to the biggest annual conglomeration of professionals in Europe?”
Category Archives: Miscellany
NOT JUST A WINE
Content warning: grief, loss I think it’s going to be difficult tonight. Contemplating the evening ahead, I’m wondering if I’ve processed my younger brother’s untimely and violent death, to quite the extent I tell myself I have. My other brother (the middle one originally, I’ll call him D here) and I are going to have… Read More »
A GOOD END (includes content warning)
Content warning: Old age, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted dying. This post touches on delicate subjects that some may prefer not to read about. Please feel free to walk away if it might upset you. The post is me working difficult things through in my own mind, and I’m choosing to share it because I know others… Read More »
IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness” Charles Dickens: A tale of two cities
I NEARLY DIED…
“Say three things about yourself, one of which is untrue,” was the instruction. I nearly died in an avalanche. I nearly died in a car accident. I nearly died flying a plane. The first of these was a truth and I’ve decided to write about it today.
MAD MEN AND BAD MEN
As I said in my previous post, I have recently found myself hiding from things, from real life, binge watching series on Netflix, Amazon or the BBC. There have been a few since I went into lockdown on my own, and a couple of weeks ago I started Mad Men, the slick 60’s set drama… Read More »
BLIP AND BLOP – isolation
Blop the goldfish looked longingly at his darling Blip, as she swam round in her bowl, tidying scraps and cleaning the inside of the glass. Somehow, being able to see her and wave a fin at her from time to time made it worse.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
How are you doing? Do you still have a job? How are you coping with isolation? Have you had it? How about your elderly relatives? How awful, that in 2020, these are the questions with which we start a conversation.
WANTING
It’s Saturday morning and I’m sat in the kitchen. Leonard Cohen is doing his thing in the background (I love his last three albums), I have coffee and have just finished the scrambled eggs I made myself. This relaxation feels guilt-free because I can vaguely here the noise of the washing machine from the utility… Read More »
BONDING (NETFLIX) – a client’s view
I’ve never written a TV review on here before, but then there havent been many TV series that show submissive male clients in session with their professional Dominatrix. “Bonding”, just out on Netflix, does exactly that, while also portraying the life and loves of the Dominatrix away from her dungeon. This is the world I… Read More »
GIVE AND TAKE
Some orgasms you give. Oral sex. Soft slow licks; Skin on skin; tongue to clitoris., hands steadying her so that, one by one, she can let her muscles stand down. Slowwwww. Slow like an ice cream that’s so good you want to make it last all afternoon.
NOT QUITE PAST IT
Ahh, jeez. Ouch. My knees creak as I twist gingerly out of bed, the pain in them piercing through the clouds of my hangover and my poor night’s sleep. “How much wine did we have with the steaks?” I ask myself. Too much for sure.