Author Archives: furtheron

How superstitious are you?  Salute magpies? Avoid walking under ladders? Well 13, the bakers dozen, is often considered an unlucky number.   Today I reach that number in terms of number of years in sobriety.  How has that happened?  Well, … Continue reading →

Those of you having been around long enough – since 2013 that is anyway will recall that I embarked on my journey towards counselling at that time.  I went part time at work, signed up for a Level 2 certificate … Continue reading →

My daughter has handed in her dissertation, attended her last lectures and been on the boozy night out.  Yes my little one has finished her degree!  In a few weeks we’ll find out what the result is – she is … Continue reading →

My Ménière’s disease has been back with a vengence recently.  A couple of weeks ago I woke in the middle of the night to a room spinning around.  That led to a horrid night of being sick and not sleeping … Continue reading →

It was announced early this week that Allan Holdsworth had passed away.  Allan is a legend guitarist.  I’ve written a longer eulogy on my other blog . However here I’ll also stuff in a great tune – one of my … Continue reading →

Paul’s latest podcast over at Buzzkill is on a topic I raised in his request for things to discuss as mentioned by a couple of commentators to the last post.  Loved hearing his views on it.   Would love to … Continue reading →

I’ve not written much recently on here.  I’m a poor blogger, do I have much to say?  Not really.  But anyway here is an update on things. Firstly – I passed my exam that I took back in January.  Woohoo! … Continue reading →