Every day lately, I seem to be sofa wrestling! I know people think I’ve been overeating as seen in my last post, but this is part of growing older. Inside my head, I’m still 17, honestly, I still think like…
It was such a nice start to the day last Tuesday that we decided to pay a visit to a place called Newtown which is about 20 miles from where we live. It’s been some time since we both ventured…
Today seems to be turning into one of THOSE days. The sort of day where everything seems not quite right, from getting up too early to forgetting the milk in my cup of tea. Even the weather threw a ‘wobbler’…
Have you ever heard the song, ‘A Working Man?’ Strangely, it was written and sung by a Canadian lady, Rita MacNeil back in the 1980s. It’s one of those songs that can stir your soul and get tugging the heartstrings….
I spoke last week about my DNA Conundrum and its problems. Well, one week on and in true Victor Meldrew fashion, ‘I don’t believe it’ after a distant cousin’s details were forwarded to me. This one though stood out above…
I was given a DNA kit from Ancestry Uk for my birthday back in October. I’ve been tracing my family history for over 20 years and I always thought the DNA kit would be the icing on the cake. You…
Shocking It has been very dry and very very cold at the start of December. Brass monkey weather all over again!! I know November was one of the mildest on record, which I have no complaints about. Anyway, December came…
What on earth was or is Lumbago? It’s something you never hear of now. Growing up, there was so much that I heard the elders saying, things like ‘…my nerves are shot’ or as the famous song goes from the…
I know the Americans usually have trouble saying Worcester Sauce, sometimes calling it Worcestershire Sauce, but I had long forgotten about this delicious seducer of taste buds. When it comes to lunch, I usually have a couple of slices of…
May Her Majesty the Queen rest in peace. I’m sure most people feel the same as I do at this moment, like losing your favourite Grandmother. Certainly, in my lifetime I have never known anyone other than Her Majesty being…
I’m still sitting and waiting, patiently, on my bench for a piano lesson. I would dearly love to play the piano, but I think the coordination is too much. Never [...]
Life is like an unfinished painting and that’s how it should be. We start with a blank canvas from the moment we take our first breath. Every day, colours are [...]
The road to Shangri-La is a long one, but well worth the journey. Where Shangri-La is no one knows, not even I, but it can be found. With a little [...]