Here's a little Mamas & Papas on the subject... https://youtu.be/9spVsmMgbeA Bookish and awkward, with appalling glasses to correct my myopia, I wasn't what you'd call cool kid material growing up. So it came as quite the surprise to find myself in the In Crowd during my fifties. It all happened in an online world -... Continue Reading →

I once told Himself that he wasn't Normal. You may not be entirely surprised to hear it didn't go down well 😉 So I tried again, for I really & truly meant it as a compliment. My next suggestion was "not Ordinary" which was better received, but I was still getting some side-eye... What I'd... Continue Reading →

What does being a good patient even mean? As far as I can tell, it's generally assumed to be allowing others to take care of you, and doing what you're told. But ...  What about being an informed & involved patient? Researching your subject, thoroughly checking out the pros and cons of any treatments so... Continue Reading →

As you may or may not have noticed, it was Valentine's Day last weekend. It's not an event that gets much attention chez Debs & Himself, except for the fact that I noticed a rash of pictures on my village's Facebook page. Each of those photo contained a small crocheted heart with a handwritten tag... Continue Reading →

Himself is a huge coffee aficionado. While I like coffee - it no longer likes me (but that's another story) - and have drunk a lot of it in my many decades... I'd no idea what went into making not good coffee, but really superior coffee. Among our coffee making ephemera, we already have multiple... Continue Reading →

... as the song goes - but when we get to travel again without fear of our fellow travellers, will we choose to travel differently?  I flew so often as a child, I found it easier than catching a bus. Seriously, I've always found bus timetables in the UK totally incomprehensible, and have travelled in... Continue Reading →

Last year was a weird year for many reasons, but what I didn't expect was how much of an negative impact it would have on my reading. In all honesty, the numbers don't matter a jot, for everyday life will always have an impact on the amount of time each of us have for reading.... Continue Reading →

When you get the opportunity to design a home, it tends to be about the practicalities - the space available, potential restrictions on materials and style of building, needs versus wants, and of course - cost. Rather than being practical, I thought I'd talk about those aspects of homes I've seen in the past which... Continue Reading →

Himself & I came late to the Downton Abbey party. Before we became a couple, I'd watched a couple of episodes and decided it had potential, but life took a turn... and I forgot. But after a run of particularly violent and gory films (I may have mentioned I'd not seen Tarantino's famed offerings), Himself... Continue Reading →

And so starts a new year... Does it look much different to the last one? Well, yes & no to quote my old friend Noel. Yes - in that we'd no idea at this time last year what we were heading for, and No - in that there's already a lot which is familiar from... Continue Reading →