Here I am at the edge

Take your pick  The main reason I view myself as a journalist rather than a writer is I usually write short stories , not novel length books . I have said often that I admire Jane Austen , but I write more like Mickey Spillane ; if something is in my story it has a purpose other than padding the pages. I have written several longer stories, and if I thought they would get read I am sure I could repeat the process, and write a fuller length story.

Going for a walk I could go for a walk as the exercise I would get could keep my right knee from becoming useless through inactivity, and the fresh air would help the state of my mental health . If I get stopped by the police doing their job, and they do not consider my exercise worthy, I could be facing a £60 fine. My problem is that because my left ankle has no strength I need to put more and more pressure on my right knee to remain mobile.  As the Royal Air Force forgot about me for over two years, after I applied for an EPV to enable me to have some mobility, even if I had no money to go out, and now Bristol City Council is doing all they can to delay the building of a shed for the EPV, before long it will be too late for me. If you wonder, Bristol Council is a Labour council and has been for longer than anyone can recall. Years ago, staying in was an option I was forced to take as my disability benefit had been cut, now it is a choice I make to help our NHS h...

How to break the law and spread the Coronavirus. The next time you want to go on about Boris Johnson or his family spreading the virus by traveling, think again. This week, farmers in Kent are for thousands of people from Poland to be flown here to pick fruit, not only flouting the Stay at home and Save the      NHS  policy but risking the spread of the coronavirus .  While I can see the point in one way, this is a no-win policy, the farmers have paid for the flights, the people will need food and housing, so how can the outlay come to close to income?