is what I started my day with. Although I absolutely love hot buttered toast, I rarely have it for breakfast. Too much bread makes me sluggish, and hot buttered toast is just so moreish, so I tend to stick with other breakfast options. But this morning, the temperature had dropped, the cars were covered in... Continue Reading →

As ever, with my thanks to Marty for the inspiration... The year being 2023, I wondered if I could I manage to find 23 reasons to feel grateful in a year which - looking back - seems to have been filled with interesting challenges. I'll admit that when Covid first hit back in 2020, it... Continue Reading →

I spotted these questions on Tater's blog and thought "oh, how interesting" so here are my responses... Would you rather be born in your decade or ten years later? I'd rather have been born the decade before, as I'd have loved to have experienced the sixties in London. I know that wasn't an option in the... Continue Reading →

I'd been reading that Covid is doing the rounds again, and had booking us in for our Covid, flu & shingles vaccines high up on my to-do list - but those vaccinations will now have to wait a while. I thought we'd "just" got bad colds/some sort of virus/flu, and only tested because Himself seemed... Continue Reading →

I watched my first series of reality TV last month. Previously I've only dipped a toe into the an occasional episode of the odd show - predominantly when I've been staying with people who are regular viewers - and I've not repeated the experience because I found the experience odd and unsatisfactory. This time I... Continue Reading →