Highs and Lows

It is the last day of 2010, and I must admit that it has been what the Chinese would term ‘an interesting time’.

So what have been the highs and lows of the year?

Starting with the ‘lows’:

• The rapid deterioration in my father’s health and all the consequent upheaval to the life of all my family that has occurred
• The death of Paddy Griffith (a man to whom I owed so much but never had the opportunity to tell that I did)
• The continuing (and apparently never-ending) Ofsted saga at work
• My apparent inability to retire from employment (something that both my wife and I long for) due to the pressing need to pay off my house mortgage

The ‘highs’ included:

• The re-publication of Joseph Morschauser’s book
• The ‘discovery’ of H G Wells’ LITTLE WARS and Paul Wright’s FUNNY LITTLE WARS wargames rules, coupled with the decision to build at least one army by 2013 so that I can take part in the centenary celebrations of the publication of LITTLE WARS
• Attending COW2010
• Taking part in the ‘Invasion of Malta’ Megagame that was organised by Tim Gow, John Drewienkiewicz and others as a memorial to Paddy Griffith
• Attending some of the wargames fought in central London by members of the ‘Jockey’s Field Irregulars’

I hope that 2011 will have more highs than lows, and I wish all my regular blog readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year.