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In the summertime

by Rick Johansen | Jul 8, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

“Summer’s here, the time is right for dancing in the street,” sang Martha and...

Who cares?

by Rick Johansen | Jul 8, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

In the autumn of 2015, I made a dramatic change in my working life. I joined the third sector as an outreach worker for a well known international charity who turned out to be a shower of bastards, the British Red Cross. My job...

The nearest thing to heaven

by Rick Johansen | Jul 7, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

My first face mask experience today, on a train to Bradford on Avon. To my surprise, there were...

Alternative facts

by Rick Johansen | Jul 7, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

Don’t get too excited if science comes up with a vaccine for COVID-19. In my little world,...

Watching the trains go by

by Rick Johansen | Jul 6, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

One thing that would improve my life immeasurably would be a train set. Preferably, the train set...

It wasn’t me

by Rick Johansen | Jul 6, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

Well, that didn’t last long, did it? A couple of days after Boris Johnson’s...

Muddy Waters

by Rick Johansen | Jul 6, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

It’s been interesting to see the backlash, especially on social networks, to Lewis...

Behind the mask

by Rick Johansen | Jul 6, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

At last a long-overdue visit to the barbers and my first, and certainly not my last, experience of...

What a load of rubbish

by Rick Johansen | Jul 5, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

As with many elderly folk, the first thing I did today was to purchase my newspaper. Arriving at...

Pub life

by Rick Johansen | Jul 4, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

We drove past a few pubs today, in between a fun-packed afternoon of shopping at the Range (I...

My local can wait

by Rick Johansen | Jul 3, 2020 | Eclectic Blue | 0 |

Having booked a table at my local pub for Monday night, the prime minister’s press briefing has served only to change my mind and to cancel it. Since I made the booking, I’ve felt increasingly uncomfortable with the...