When I was twelve, my classmates might have a holiday in Skegness or Blackpool. France? Foreign travel? Unheard of! But my Dad, an academic, had to fly over to Paris for a day trip to meet fellow … [Read more...]
Declutterring
Am I a hoarder? Of course not! So why have I kept that short length of pretty ribbon? . . . That small ball of turquoise yarn? . . . That set of pretty pearl buttons? Well, you never know, they might … [Read more...]
Books and Reading
Have you ever enjoyed that feeling of “sinking into a book’? I have been an avid reader all my life. What really intrigues me is that, despite my narcolepsy, I am able to sit for hours just reading - … [Read more...]
Taking Stock Beltane 2024
REFLECTING Why do we no longer use the Celt term for “mayday”? Beltane rolls off the tongue smoothly and sounds much better than the word associated with disasters: ‘mayday, mayday, mayday!” We are … [Read more...]
Mothers’ Day
Am sitting admiring these glorious blooms sent to me for Mothers’ Day and thinking about my own Mother.I spent all my adult life on a different Continent from her but I always knew that she was there … [Read more...]
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