Autumn Equinox: three quarters of the way through the year and six months into “Lockdown”. Time to take stock. So much has changed: my freedom to come and go as I please has been curtailed by concerns … [Read more...]
Washday Monday and Gardening
‘Twas on a Monday (Tues/ Wed/ Thurs/ Fri/ Sat/ Sun) morning When I beheld my darling. She looked so neat and charming In every high degree. She looked so neat and nimble-O A-washing … [Read more...]
25 Things I love
Enforced confinement within my home with hours of free time stretching ahead of me each day has completely stunted my creativity. Lockdown lethargy has rendered me incapable of completing projects, … [Read more...]
Lockdown Life, Lettuce and Daily Routine.
"St Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair" This proverb dates back to 1599 and means that, if it … [Read more...]
My Late Mother Betty
It is seven years now since my mother, Betty, died. I was reflecting on all the changes that she saw in her ninety-nine years of life. Born just over one month before the outbreak of World War One she … [Read more...]
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