A couple of weeks ago we went to the rather splendid Twinwood forties weekend and were asked by a friend of ours to pose for a photo, unfortunately this was the resulting image.
The request was to look romantically into each others eyes, now Angella seems to be making a fairly good fist of the brief whilst I seem to have missed the point altogether. Perhaps in a brief moment of time a second or two before or after the shutter was pressed I was fitting the bill, alhough in this particular moment it looks more like I’m inspecting a rather large and pustulous boil on the end of her nose.
Inside though, I’m welling up with love and devotion for my dear wife as everyone knows.
I must try in future not to pose sideways as it seems my high forehead (a sign of enormous brains so they say) has become so high it’s getting to the point where if it continues it will fall of the back of my head altogether.
Nonetheless a good time was had by all, followed the next weekend by the summer ball, a photo will follow when I get a moment.
I am a retired actor, although to be honest I only retired because I wasn't getting any work due to losing my agent when I became a full time carer to my mother who had dementia. and the option of becoming an unemployed actor/waiter at my age was ludicrous, especially as my waiting skills are non-existent.
Having said I’m retired, I don’t think there really is such a thing as a retired actor for I am still available for work, I just don’t have an agent or any connections with regards to obtaining any worthwhile work.
I have over the years done student films when there is nothing else available, always low paid (if at all) the only incentive was always the promised copy of the finished film for your show reel which nine times out of ten always failed to materialise.
I spent many years looking after my aged mother and shortly after her death I was lucky enough to run into an ex-girlfriend of many years ago and our romance blossomed once again, resulting in us getting married in 2013.
My move to the countryside inspired me to write The Diary of a Country Bumpkin which tells of my continuing dilemmas in dealing with the rigors of the countryside from the unexpectedly large number of pollens, fungal moulds and hay products waiting to attack the unsuspecting townie.
I enjoy writing, see my play Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori on The Wireless Theatre Company, The Plays Wot I Wrote and The Battle of Barking Creek both available on Amazon.co.uk and am very fond of classic cars so my ideal occupation would be acting in a film I had written set in the 1930s/40s, we live in hopes.
I am delighted to say that since venturing to the countryside where space is not quite the premium it is in town, I have due to the availability of two double garages acquired more classic cars to form a small collection the pride of which are a 1947 Bentley Mk VI and a 2000 Bentley Arnage.
My various blogs and websites are continually evolving and I’m sure that by following the appropriate links you will find something which will edify or amuse.
I have written a number of different books all available on Amazon, so don't be shy should you feel the urge to purchase. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Joe-Wells/e/B06XKWFQHT/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
