Diary, October 2005 Blog: Edited, June – October 2025 PART ONE ‘A TRIP OF A LIFETIME’ We all have our ‘bucket lists’, and going to New York was right up there on mine. The architecture, music, and the movies of the city, have been a continued big inspiration on my own creativity. So, experiencing the… Continue reading ‘JARMIN IN THE BIG APPLE’
‘RED & BLUE DREAMS COME THROUGH,
(A Sunny Day Out In Cardiff, May 2004)’ Written and Edited, January-May 2025 I started this blog back at the beginning of January 2025. The only expectations for this current season, 2024-2025, were that we, Crystal Palace, would stay out of the relegation zone, and be in the English topflight for another year. However, as… Continue reading ‘RED & BLUE DREAMS COME THROUGH,
‘AN ATTRACTION FROM AFAR’
Written May 2000. Revised and Edited November 2024 This piece was originally written, arguably, when I had plenty of time on my hands. Before my current job, I spent eight and a bit year on the dole. Throughout this period, I was single and not so much mingling. As much as I wanted, and tried,… Continue reading ‘AN ATTRACTION FROM AFAR’
‘GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY’
Started August 2002, completed and edited May 2024 In the early part of this century, there were a couple of news stories that gripped the nation, fed by an insatiable mainstream media. This is a piece of writing I started at the time (summer 2002), but never got around to completing. Whichever way you look… Continue reading ‘GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY’
‘NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL ROCK N CHEESE’
September 2001, Edited February 2024 Whether it's over twenty years or forty years, my opinions of popular music have never really changed. My musical snobbery is as alive and kicking in my fifties, as it was in my thirties and teens. This is an article I wrote over two decades ago and updated to reflect… Continue reading ‘NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL ROCK N CHEESE’
"Drop-in and Chill Out" 