Am I going mad?

 R.I.P. Linda

I am losing what is left of my sanity

Since my lovely wife passed away, I have had trouble recalling the days, mostly because most days are the same, also my depression deepens as the days pass. I may not cry as much, but the heartbreak never goes.

Today is Sunday, October 5th, all day I have thought it was a Monday

The Curse of the white lady

 Scarborough

Yorkshire Ghosts

Among sea captains in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, there is a story that if three men see the ghost of a white lady on the same night, one of the men will die that night.

That story is the base of my eBook short story, The Rocking Lantern.

Many of my stories feature the Yorkshire coast, though I left, with my parents in 1963, I still consider myself a Yorkshireman.

One of my wishes when I was a writer, was to have a ghost story published in The Dalesman magazine

Is it better to have loved and lost?

 What becomes of the broken-hearted?

R.I.P. Linda

I cannot recall who said it, but a writer wrote, "It is far better to have loved, and lost, than not to have loved at all."

For my part, I disagree, I had nearly 40 years of love, and happiness with my wonderful wife, Linda, who died in January 2025. Now, what is left?

I don't live, I exist, my life is now one of being here so my family has some stability. I am left feeling empty, lonely, and suffering from a growing sense of depression

Why Labour won't block the immigrants

 Why enter the UK illegally?

Labour need the Illegals as voters

While Labour are in power nothing will be done about the illegal immigrants, the Labour Party need these people, or the party will cease to exist.

Don't think things will change if Reform UK get power, most of them are Labour rejects. Farage, and his cohorts, are in the pockets of Russia.Since the late 70's, Labour has been run by the Union bosses, they regularly held the UK hostage to their demands; if it hadn't been for Margaret Thatcher standing against the miners, I hate to think what could have happened, that is why the UK needs Penny Mordaunt to lead the Conservative Party.

Why enter the UK illegally?

 Illegal Immigrants

A high price to pay

Last month, two men were charged with aiding illegal immigrants, apparently, they were charging £15,000 per person. This raises the question, if you can afford that much, why risk crossing the English Channel in a boat fit only for a small river?

Menage-a-trois

 The Duels

Barbara Payton

Actor Franchot Tone, from France, was involved in two notable Menage-a-trois incidents; they had very different endings though.

The most notable trio was when he was the center of the row between Bette Davis, and Joan Crawford. The rows between Bette and Joan were relentless, and only ended when Joan died. The rows did no serious damage to the careers of either lady.

Several years later, he was involved in another Menage-a-trois, this time the outcome was very different. This trio involved Franchot, and actor Tom Neal over rising starlet, Barbara Payton. This row got so violent Franchot ended up in hospital with a broken nose, and fractured jaw, and labelled Barbara as box-office poison. Tom Neal is best kown for the movie Detour, with Ann Savage.

From rising star to box-office poison.

The glamourous starlet, who months earlier studios raged for had now become known as too much trouble, and was rejected. In her later years, she was more often seen on police bulletins, than in Hollywood. Apparently, months before her death, a former colleague saw her selling herself to get money for a meal

You thought Stalinism was DEAD

 Nigel "The Weasel" Farage

Putin

I expect this post to be blocked by Twitter, as two more were for critisising Nigel Farage; but here goes nothing.

I have said for a long time I think Farage would run the UK the way Stalin ran Russia, the latest news about the Reform UK leader has prove me correct.

Not only does he follow Stalin's tactics of telling the MPs to either follow his lead, or shut up! Those like Rupert Lowe who stand against him are expelled. Not only does he think Putin is one of the best Premiers, the party regulary gets money from Russia.

Anti-EU, that's a good joke.

No sooner had Brexit been approved, Farage applied for a passport from Germany. The only qualification, this writer knows for the application being accepted is that as an MEP he worked in Germany for years.

His track record is second-to-none, he's a three-time-loser. The only way he got to be an MP is he sat for Clacton-on-the-Sea, a seat nobody wanted, and a place the majority of the UK couldn't place if asked.

Reform UK is another name for Labour.

The rise of Reform UK MPs is down to one factor, the majority of the people left the Labour Party after Starmer sank the party. All they care about is their cushy job, and big pay packets.