When it’s any old ordinary day, it could be rainbows, dust, or rain, who knows? It could be moments of gold and gain or cold moments of pain. Here in the grey heart of mine, it is usually winter – all year round! It’s usually me in the corner pining over misfortunes and what if’s…

Following on from my rant two weeks ago “the diamond ring on the 4th finger of my left hand”, I feel compelled to explain that I still do believe in love between a man and a woman. I believe that when Cupid gets it right, it’s a lifetime of ….tolerance – did you think ‘bliss’?…

Ok let’s keep this unfussy. I’ll ask this: ‘What is the most important component of a long term relationship? Did you say love? That’s what I said….initially. Something in my insomnia yet again tonight causes me to give this a bit more thought and as usual I reach a slightly different conclusion (surprise surprise!). Obviously…

At the risk of sounding arrogant, I will tell you that I wear a beautiful eternity ring on the 4th finger of my left hand. It comprises of little diamond studs worth the deposit for a huge mansion – and not in a diminutive suburban village in the middle of nowhere, no! I, recipient and…

She stood by the post box, letter in hand, looking quite like a statue. Her eccentric, yet softly beautiful smile lingered only for a moment. Lost in a trance, her mind wandered, traversing backwards down memory lane. The past was recaptured in detail as moment-by-moment flash backs caused her eyes to sparkle, widen and/or squint…

And so it happened thus: She dressed up in nothing black and wore her hair so that it defined her eyes; just the way he liked it – to capture his attention. It was a hotel room as usual, but had there been onlookers present, they would have concluded from the intensity of their commitment…