by Keiron | Sep 2, 2018 | Steeltown Rambler
Anyone who mentions Christmas before December is sure to draw my ire. The fists clench and the jaw tightens as the premature ‘countdown’ begins. The season of advent begins on the first of December and that is long enough. By this time the days are short...
by Keiron | Aug 19, 2018 | Steeltown Rambler
If I’m honest I can remember very few of my University lectures. Late nights and hangovers were compounded by a short attention span. Laziness was another unwelcome character trait which made listening such an arduous task. I would usually switch off after about...
by Keiron | Jul 29, 2018 | Steeltown Rambler
A pair of small yellow eyes greet me as I awake. Confidently, Bubble, my cat, plants his paws upon my chest. I feel a slight tingle as his claws pinch my skin ever so slightly. He wants out into the morning sun having chomped his way through the cat biscuits and wet...
by Keiron | Jul 16, 2018 | Steeltown Rambler
As a kid, the summer started when school ended. That final bell was, and still is, a joy to the ears of every child. As an adult, you realise summer has usurped spring well before the final weeks of July. This year, summer is having something of a renaissance as the...
by Keiron | Jun 12, 2018 | Steeltown Rambler
I woke up in paradise. An afternoon nap in the heat of the Italian summer was bought to an abrupt end by the hourly ringing of church bells. I felt disorientated , fatigued by the heat and the infernal mosquitoes (I had been warned) but after swilling my face and...
by Keiron | May 31, 2018 | Steeltown Rambler
I meet George regularly when I’m out walking. He’s a lot older than me but he has a purpose and surety of stride. He monitors his patch carefully and when our paths cross, he imparts his knowledge. He is an enthusiastic, passionate advocate of our locality...
