This week I’ve seen two ENT Specialists Doctors. The first was at my local outpatients department. Although they had made clear that they didn’t feel competent to undertake the surgical repair I required, don’t get me started on that one, they had offered to provide management advice. I have to say: All of the staff were friendly, smiled and were a credit to the NHS. The Consultant was kind and explained that the hole in my septum has got bigger. He gave me antibiotics and nasal antibiotic creams. He said it would be unlikely due to the now larger size, that they would be unable to place a bu ..read more

Let’s talk crystal grids. Recently, they have become all the range. But they’re an old, if not an ancient concept. Judy Hall (2009) was writing about these before they were widely popular, in her book The Crystal Bible Volume 2. A Crystal Grid. Gridding is the art of placing stones to create an energetic net to protect and energise the space. The Crystal Bible Volume 2 by Judy Hall (2009). I love Judy Hall. But she was thinking specifically about a physical space. Crystals can also be arranged in a pattern to amplify intention. One of the most common ways to do this is geometrically and that ..read more

I’ve always thought of myself as a person, rather than a brand. But a dear friend recently reminded me that I can be both. So here I am, my brand: Antony Simpson is an Author, Blogger, Nurse & Witch. Sign up to the newsletter below for more updates: Write soon, Antony ..read more

I HATE how commercial WordPress is becoming! What went wrong? It started out as a community-based blogging platform. Now everything is about business and money and it stinks! A good example of this is Jetpack. Jetpack is a plugin that recorded statical data about visitors and views. It used to be free and did these lovely annual reports. Now the services provided by Jetpack, including their Stats has in the latest update become a paid model. Not just a paid model, but a subscription service – like money is no object. Sure it’s fine if you have a business and are making money. But for a small ..read more

Image From and Copyright © DollyParton.com, 2024. Dolly Parton is an icon, mega star and all round lovely person. I don’t listen to country music often, but when I do it’s always Dolly. I have even seen the musical 9 to 5, see Musicals for more details. Here’s some facts about Dolly you might not know. Growing up Dolly was extremely poor. Yet despite recognising this Dolly recalls her childhood as a happy one. In addition to singing, Dolly has made appearances on TV shows, in films and has even written books. She states that she thinks like a man when it comes to business opportunities, neg ..read more

Here’s some of the BIG questions going round in my head right now: I don’t have any answers right now. But I do have the thought to experiment creatively and see what happens. Write soon, Antony ..read more

I tend to keep my files (documents, photos, music & video) on WD external hard drives. I don’t use cloud storage, as I dislike subscription services and their ever increasing prices. Plus, I have a lot of files, so it gets expensive and relies too much on the internet. One of the pluses of external hard drives are that they are portable, so I can physically share larger files with family/friend easily. But there are minuses with my current system. First transfers for larger files can be slow, second that there’s always a chance of hard drive failure – particularly with external hard drives ..read more

There are some things I’ve never even dreamed I’d do. One of those is editing someone else’s work. But a friend recently asked me to help him edit his book of eclectic poetry for publish and I found myself confidently saying yes. The definition of editing is: [to] prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. Dictionary via Google UK, 05/04/2024. So I guess as well as being a Writer, Author & Blogger I’m also an Editor now. Write soon, Antony ..read more

Pink Yetiss are an exciting new band from the North West of England, UK. They currently have two singles on iTunes, Spotify and other music streaming services. They are: Maniac Mr. Mac: Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “Maniac Mr. Mac” directly And Stab It In the Vein: Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “Stab it in the vein.” directly They are ..read more

Today, Mum & I have been going through pictures from my childhood and she has been telling me about my great grandparents on her side. It was my privilege and honour to do this. I’m going back tomorrow to finish off the job (there was a lot of photos), so consider this potentially part one of two. I had a wonderful, magical and joyful childhood. Thank you mum. Here is the gallery: Wolf our white German Shepard.Sooty our black cat.Me with my Postman Pat box.My love of cats goes back a long way.So does my love of ice cream.And brews.As a child I wanted to be a Ring Master.Me as Superman.Me a ..read more