I realised some time ago that I was an addict. I haven't really made any great attempt to fight my addiction over the years, but now I'm beginning to realise the damage it's been doing to me.
AS I brushed the snow off my car windscreen and set off to work with freezing cold hands I thought how glad I was that snow just isn't as good as it used to be.
MY brother has never had the best of birthdays. Too close to Christmas, as a youngster it meant he never received many presents, which always pleased me.
I WAS putting a pillow into its case the other day when it struck me that my parents may not have been quite as generous as they had led me to believe when it came to Christmas.
WHEN people use the phrase "I don't know how you can sleep at night", I always presume the target of their venom is, say, a murderer or a Manchester United fan.
IT is the time of year when the weather closes in and older people are at risk of dying through illness caused by cold weather. Wes Wright talks to Age Concern about what those at risk can do to keep themselves and their homes warm and safe.
THIS week I fell out of love with football again but, as is the case with beer when the hangover has gone, I won't be able to resist it come this afternoon.
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Life as I see it . . .
