Monthly Archives: September 2009

Misunderstanding

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Joxy

The world has gone pear-shaped. Or how else would you explain this? A short while ago, two female law graduates went on holiday to Brazil. While they were there, they reported to the police that they had been robbed of their … Continue reading →

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Of monkeys, and of men.

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Joxy

My daughter asked me the other day,’What does human mean?’ I replied, ‘All people , like you and me, are called human beings. Anyone that is not an animal, is a human being’ I believe that one of the greatest … Continue reading →

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My hand is hurting….

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Joxy

‘Why?’ I ask. ‘What happened to your hand?’ ‘I broked it’ she replies, cradling the said hand. ‘I need a wipe’ she says. I give her a wipe, and she gingerly tries to wrap it round the hand that’s hurting. … Continue reading →

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In appreciation

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Joxy

    Life can get very busy. There’s a never ending list of things to do, places we have to be etc. And so we too get busy, sometimes too busy to reach out to our loved ones, too busy … Continue reading →

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Missing you……….

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Joxy

It’s been a whole week since I last posted anything. I have been writing, just haven’t gotten round to completing any of the pieces I’ve started. Life is so transient. My elder brother would have been 45 today, had he lived. … Continue reading →

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Saying goodbye is sometimes easy

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Joxy

It is impossible to say exactly when things went wrong, or when our relationship turned sour, but I gradually became aware that things had changed. And not for the better. We had grown up together. We were inseparable, or so … Continue reading →

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Who, me? Part two

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Joxy

I hereby resolve to do the following: I’ll be as objective as I can when I’m writing. There are always two sides to a story. My side and the wrong side (just joking). I will not make any real person identifiable. … Continue reading →

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I heard…………

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Joxy

……………..a curious thing the other day. At least I found it curious, I don’t know what you’d think. There is a large organisation that is very successful. It has branches worldwide, and its founder can command audiences that run into … Continue reading →

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Who, me?

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Joxy

I guess the major deterrent to my blogging was my identity. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted the people that were close to me to know that I was actively writing. After all, being that close to me, they were … Continue reading →

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Scrabble,friendship etc

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Joxy

I like playing Scrabble. There’s just something about manipulating letters to form words that I really enjoy. I started out playing Scrabble with flesh and blood opponents, complete with a Chambers dictionary, but later discovered the joys of playing it on-line. … Continue reading →

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