Hello, good morning/afternoon/evening, and welcome.

This is my first post on this blog and it will be a short one.  I thought up the title some years ago when I was in early middle-age; I am now in mid-middle age (if such a thing exists) but have decided to stick with the snappier title.  After all, once we're past thirty, we're all in the same boat, agewise.

I'm not sure what form this blog will take or how regularly I'll update it but at the moment I have in mind a kind of online commonplace book, that might also include reviews (of music, theatre, films, books, possibly even - when the devil is in me - technology) while also serving as a repository for all the things I've learned, observed and noticed over the decades.  If that sounds hopelessly windy, pompous and up itself, I can't help it - the style is the man.

What (I hope) it won't include will be extended whinges about modern life and how tough I'm finding it; complaints about exes and former friends;ponderous self-analysis, or discussion of usual suspect post-modern fripperies.

So - you have been warned.  But if you still fancy coming along for the ride, I'll be glad of your company!

:)