During the first lockdown, with a lot of free time on my hands, I took advantage of free or reduced online training from several providers and did some online marketing courses with providers who use the free course as a…
Newhaven
Back at the tail end of my teenage years I managed to escape from a town that I found small and limiting. Those of us who had get up and go, got up and went. Since then I have moved…
Music and Genres (part 2)
In the 80s a lot was happening musically. The effects of punk were widespread and it had mutated into many different new genres and also had an effect on the heavy metal scene. Bands like Motorhead and Iron Maiden from…
Dating 2024 – part 2
As my about page says, I am single and looking. Depending on how I feel or what happens, that may to change to nothing, single not looking or in a relationship. I split up from my last long-term girlfriend in…
A Vegan Eating Out
Back in the 90s, well before I went vegan, I was with a vegan partner. Quite often when we ate out we had to plan where we were going or phone up beforehand to check the availability of vegan meals…
Dreams
How many of you remember dreams? Are those dreams quite vivid, are they fanciful, are they rooted in real life? I don’t remember many dreams that I have, usually only those that are interrupted by an alarm or something similar.…
Music and Genres, Part 1
For as long as I can remember I have been aware of differences between different types of music. When I was younger I heard music my mum listened to on the radio and from my dad’s collection. I was also…
Dating 2024 – part 1
In the summer of 2022 I wrote in my goals journal the qualities of an ideal woman that I wanted to find. She would be happy to go to certain festivals with me: this would mean that she was into…
Purezza
A few years ago I became aware of a new pizza place in Brighton, Purezza, that was entirely vegan. I went there and tried the pizza. It was delicious so I vowed to return. It became one of my go…
Me – 70s and 80s
At school and into my early twenties I mainly drifted, rarely making any decisions and very rarely getting out of my comfort zone. I am intelligent, scoring quite high on the IQ scale, so I found academic life easy, up…