Tag: life - Alastair Johnston

53 things I have learnt in my lifetime

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...

I never thought there would be much joy in digging heavy soil on a hot August evening. It's not something I would choose to do,...

Apparently allotments are a little like hen's teeth. When we moved to our current house my wife and I had the idea of getting an...

Happy New Year from a happy place. A cold and breezy hilltop, bathed in January sunshine, with the people I love most. I hope 2019...