A volume of short stories in which the writer sheds a satirical, humorous and serious light on what life throws at us: love, friendship, war and death and with a bit of sex thrown in for good measure.Using a unique combination of prose and poetry, together with a mixture of humour, poignancy and satire, our daily reality is dissected. David Mahoney is a non-judgemental observer of human behaviour. His themes vary widely: love, friendship but also war and death and with a bit of eroticism thrown in for good measure. These stories are reminiscent of that famous Mary Poppins' song: 'A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down'.