Sometimes
Plum cobbler Sometimes evenings arrive along one's blogging journey when there seems to be nothing of note left to say. That's how it feels tonight here at the start of February. Forty minutes ago, I got back from "The Hammer and Pincers" after another Sunday night pub quiz. We didn't win anything tonight though we have won the top prize on the last two Sundays. Even though we did not win, it was as nice as always to meet up with Mick and Mike for easy conversation, ribbing and laughter mixed with serious stuff. We never know where the talking will go but we always enjoy each other's company. Hell, I have been quizzing regularly with these fellows for twenty five years now. We are growing older together. Mick is a bachelor who lives alone in the old family home. Both of his parents died years back and just after Christmas his only sibling - his brother Roger - also left the land of the living. Mike lives with his wife Jill and like me he has a grown u...