Category Archives: health

where am I? A very meaty issue?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by j futrell

I don’t know how many times I have driven east towards London over the course of 25 years on the A303, passing Stonehenge making for the M3? Let’s settle for 150 times, it can’t be far off. So imagine how … Continue reading →

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forget everything you ever learnt about a balanced diet

Posted on April 3, 2019 by j futrell

Shortly before she died, in a hospital similar to the one I recently  myself in, my mother asked for her Christmas present a Ralph Lauren watch. I’d bought her a watch a only a couple of years earlier yet despite … Continue reading →

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A Significant Time

Posted on June 13, 2018 by j futrell

As a rule I’m not one for significant dates. Anniversaries I like because I like being married, and there are thems who are gone whom I miss. As for significant dates along the landfill of life –  you can keep … Continue reading →

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Last Orders At The End Of The World

Posted on September 6, 2017 by j futrell

There’s nothing quite like the imminent end of the world to focus one’s thoughts on food. Long before Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump the father of a school friend of mine set aside a bedroom in the large detached family … Continue reading →

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Gone Awall

Posted on March 31, 2016 by j futrell

I have built a wall. Alright, not a very big wall, about six foot long, two feet high and 18 inch deep, but a wall nonetheless; requiring sand and cement, shuttering, a spirit level, a trowel and back breaking application. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Lose A Day – it could cost you

Posted on August 20, 2015 by j futrell

Asta and I had enjoyed the short saunter into The Old Town the other day to pass on some back issues of The New Yorker magazine to the only person I have ever known to read that wordy periodical from … Continue reading →

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shut up and don’t think

Posted on July 28, 2014 by j futrell

Some things you never forget. Like riding a bicycle, or mixing the perfect vodka martini. It’s the same with Transcendental Meditation, TM for short; the simplest and most effective way I know for, well for lack of a better description, … Continue reading →

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