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My Mum says…

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My Mum is 90, lives on her own in a very well appointed “retirement village”. She’s OK, physically fragile but mentally alert as ever. She has her daily routines, which take up most of her time. I’ve been staying with her over the Christmas/New Year period (I sleep in my late Dad’s bedroom seeing you asked).

Anyway she offered this wonderful piece of wisdom the other day –

“I don’t get bored here on my own, I’m happy to do what I have to do and read my books and watch a dvd in the evening. What REALLY bores me is if I have to go somewhere and there are people talking and laughing about nothing”.

YES Mum, I feel your pain. And I’m the same. And I hope I can express that so brilliantly before I get to the age of 90 (which is, um, a few years away)

Alliterative Artists

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While watching Only Connect on BBC2 on Monday in the missing vowels round there was a part devoted to alliterative cartoon characters. (Ie Fred Flintstone) During the night having woken up and not being able to sleep I read one of those ‘interesting facts’ about pop and rock books. I read that Captain of Captain and Tennille’s real name is Daryl Dragon. Ooh I thought there’s an alliterative musician I wonder if I can go through the alphabet and find some more.( at three in the morning it passes the time) I got quite few, well half actually, however I’m sure the Afterword can fill in the missing letters for the ones I found. (A,B,C,D,G,J,K,L,M,O,P,S,T) Alliterative bands are allowed too.