Category: Other

The process of emotionally distancing my self from my mother’s house,  the place that has been “home” since 1962, over the last 11 months has been draining. My siblings and I have made endless difficult decisions about what furniture, accessories, and items of family memorabilia should be kept or disposed off. There have been skips, and I have taken one load of furniture over to Worcester with me already.

The house has now gone live on the market, though some viewings had already been arranged from the estate agent’s prospective client list. Seeing the listing has been unexpectedly helpful – the way the place has been arranged for “viewings” and the always-flattering professional photos reduces the place from a “home” to a “house”. So much of the stuff that gives a place meaning has been tidied or removed. But it is now a place of possibilities, and hopefully will inspire a new owner to love and cherish it in the way that we have done.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/161983274#/

the link has also been added to archive.org for future reference.

Continuing to clear out the attic, rather slowly. I came across a carrier bag with a few copies of Vulcan and Euroboy – twink porn mags of the early 1990s. Certainly before 1994: buying such things was always a rarity, and stopped entirely when I moved to Scotland in the autumn of 1993. On the cover of one was “Billy Houston” a rather stunning young man who had fuelled my fantasies on many occasions. Curious, I looked him up to see what he is doing now …
Sadly, he’s gone totally off the rails. Joined the Aryan Brotherhood, currently serving life sentences for murders …  https://web.archive.org/web/20240303061212/https://tim1965.livejournal.com/1797446.html

When it comes to handsome young men, the gap between reality and illusion is frequently mind-boggling. Or perhaps I am just attracted to guys who I subconsciously pick up on as being disturbed and difficult.

A glorious clear dusk here, with the first stars twinkling above the trees. The forecast -5C overnight seems highly likely.

Renewal of assorted cards is usually just routine and done without thought, but the “Senior” Railcard always comes as an unwelcome reminder of increasing age. When I come to renew my “OAP” Bus Pass, no doubt it will be the same.