John Burke's a-Musings

No... not anything to do with the Siege of Mafeking, or shift work or massage parlours... After 3 days of hell, the midge bites sustained...

A sad week. On Monday after a period of looking and acting a bit off Tigger, our female cat seemed to be having problems standing up. We to...

My friend Marlene, one of the Ladies-Over-The-Water has been battling Lyme Disease for the last four years and having to battle Canada'...

It's been something of a trying week... At some point on Sunday I became aware of a twinge, a soreness low down in the abdomen. Admitte...

More from the now-vanished Nostalgia web site. My very earliest memory is of an incident that happened when I was two. We had moved from liv...

No, not for the cat... For me. Tigger has had a urinary tract problem. It started last year around this time and she was really bad then -...

Yuck! I've got the sneezes. Don't actually think it's a cold as I don't feel ill. Not Swine Flu 'cos there's no g...

Poor David my foot... He gave it to me didn't he! Ah well, best mates should share stuff, but I'd have been as well pleased if he h...

Last night we played the Highfield Road Servicemens' Association club in Blackpool. Poor David has been suffering since the Saturday gig...

I've had a bit of a bug... Apparently there's one going about that gives you headaches, sore throats and ties your guts in knots. It...