Tag: life - Alastair Johnston

Dying with my Boots On

The body was lying on its side, almost as if placed into the recovery position. Near to the blackthorn hedge at the second to bottom...

About halfway through my run, I looped past the Scout Hut on the cut through via the village hall and pre-school nursery. It was quiet...

(On simple things to keep your head above water...) For the first time in a very long time, when I think about the future, it...

As you approach the small Sussex town of Uckfield from the top of the hill, houses begin to give way to the old high street....

Today I became yet another year older and maybe another year wiser. So in order to celebrate the fact that I'm still here, on planet...

It's a new year. Out with the old, in with the new. New possibilities. New opportunities. Hold the hounds of despair at bay. They do...

Every morning I get up and make three cups of tea. One normal tea with milk, one weak tea with soya-light milk, one biscuit tea...

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see...

During the Christmas and New Year holiday of 2019 I did what I often do and reflected on the passing year and what I would...

Spotted on a recent fun trip to Manchester... love them!

I love the different colour and case that the seven year old used to write this little note.

I am determined to crack this allotment thing. Somewhere in my small mind I have a vision of being able to provide fresh, tasty and...