Keeping up with the Joneses

“Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realised how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level” – Quentin Crisp    Some people just have it all don’t they! – The…

Breakfast with a friend

As my eyes slowly opened to see the early morning sun peeking through a gap in the curtains, I was aware of a strange tip-tapping at the window. Stumbling sleepily across the room I pulled back the curtain to find, staring up at me, a beautiful mallard duck. With eyes locked, our curiosity over each…

Reverse

I find it is always best to step over people to get to where you want and take whatever you wish. You can be as rude as you like too. It is actually quite funny to find someone’s Achilles heel and cut into it deeply. Sometimes we all need to vent our anger and frustrations,…

Chatter

    Ooh it is nice and warm in here…I wonder if the heating is on or if the chef has the oven door open…this is a good table – I like window seats…I wonder how my hair looks after being caught in the wind…”Thank you. Urm, just a beer please. My friend will be…

I do

Once upon a time there lived a lonely prince. He longed for true love to come his way and would sit gazing hopefully out of the window across the kingdom for his beautiful princess to finally arrive… I, like millions of others on every continent, sat watching the happy couple lean in and steal a…