So many books, so little time. Nevertheless, we can still eke out ways to talk about them... can't we? 🙂 What's your favourite book from childhood?The availability of classic children's books was decidedly limited during my early years, so it's pretty much Enid Blyton. I'm going to cheat a bit and nominate a series called... Continue Reading →

... or let's talk about podcasts 🙂 I don't tend to cast around for things to do, or things to listen to while I do other things, but I did suggest to Himself that he listen to podcasts during the day while he drives. Much to my surprise, he's taken to them like the metaphorical... Continue Reading →

While "home" at the time was Bangladesh, where my father was working, we children were at boarding school in the UK. We had an agreement with my parents that they would not book us on two particular airlines: Aeroflot (because of their dire safety record) and Bangladesh Biman (because even their own nationals were decidedly... Continue Reading →

I was talking to my Osteopath recently and she spoke of how she spent her days during the pandemic's lockdown. She walked barefoot on the grass and swam in the sea every day, read stacks and stacks of books, ate when she felt hungry rather than according to a meal time schedule, was not governed... Continue Reading →

On my fiction blog, we've a feature on reading our way around the UK, but seeing that Goodreads published a reading across the USA list, I thought I'd see how far I'd gotten to date. I was surprised to see that only 8 states remain unticked off, although I don't know what it says that... Continue Reading →

I really didn't think I'd revisit this, but doing one is surprisingly cathartic 🙂 Thanks, as ever, are due to the lovely Kari at A Grace Full Life for inspiring this list. On now with an A-Z indulgence of my grumpy old woman side... Adequate - despite the dictionary meaning of the word as sufficient,... Continue Reading →

I've first hand knowledge that the responsibilities, stresses and strains of elder care are no joke, nevertheless I'd like to share with you a couple of lighter memories from my experience. My father had a pacemaker which involved regular check-ups. What turned out to be the final check-up was when his dementia was relatively advanced... Continue Reading →

I know the last time I was here, I complained at not needing to use my new stash of summer dresses due to the horrendous summer weather we'd been having. Well... you all know how this works, the weather did a complete 180 to make a fool of me. By putting it off because I... Continue Reading →

I've long had a preference for separates, but have slowly been seduced by long dresses. Being able to just chuck 'em on over your underwear makes them so easy to wear, and I've begun to consider them the properly dressed equivalent to pyjamas 😉 Last year was the second year running when it became clear... Continue Reading →

I say without shame that I am both a user and a fan of complementary medicine. While I've seen it oft referred to as alternative medicine, I prefer the previous term, 'cos I believe there are areas in which it does precisely that - it acts as a complement to traditional medicine, and I don't... Continue Reading →