Prompted
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? It’s been a long time since I was at school but five teachers immediately came to mind when I read this question. Three nice ones, two atrocious, one might say, monsters. The temptation … Continue reading Prompted
Wish List
What do you wish you could do more every day? Mooch around the shore line like a spoonbill, or amble about a gallery full of modern art, without intent. Drink strong, milky coffee and wander the streets of a city … Continue reading Wish List
Access issues
I don’t suppose any of you know anything about trail cameras and rechargeable batteries, do you? I’m just about bald with hair tearing here, in my search for the damned things. One of my roles is Chair of the local … Continue reading Access issues
A daily prompt
On questions that are nigh on impossible to answer in a timely fashion. Continue reading A daily prompt
Migration
Not wanting to lose the content of my soon to expire website, yesterday morning I looked into exporting it to a saveable file and found I … Continue reading Migration
Bottoms up!
I actually got to see a health professional in person! And not just a GP or, as is the norm here now, the practice nurse (brilliant as she is) but a musculoskeletal expert. I’m not quite sure how I pulled … Continue reading Bottoms up!
Lookout, lookout!
Last night D decided to look up my name, Eryl, can’t remember why, but the first thing that came up was a hotel in Bangor called Eryl y Mor and this made him look up what Eryl means. Which led … Continue reading Lookout, lookout!
On the Move
This will be my last post on this site. It’s become too expensive and I really can’t justify keeping it, so I have resurrected my old blog, erylshields.com and added another url, https://erylgasperdick.com, so you can get to it via … Continue reading On the Move
Spong
I think I have a blood clot in my right leg, I told the woman who answered the phone at the doctors’ surgery, and explained my symptoms. She panicked, I can’t see a way of fitting you in, and I … Continue reading Spong
Renewal
February already and I’m only just making the first post of the year! I have a number of excuses, the biggest being all the house renovations. We’re still not quite finished, we only installed a light fixture in the sitting … Continue reading Renewal
Eryl Gasper-Dick, still curious 