... forgetten to bring your wallet when you’ve been scheduled to pay for a meal? No. It's a subject I feel rather strongly about having had an ex who used to do what I called the wallet dance - you know, gesticulating and miming "is it me or is it you?" despite having insisted we... Continue Reading →

That use it or lose it is absolutely true. To date, I've chosen to prioritise my brain health, being afraid of my family history of dementia - but the reality of a body wearing out as you age is also no fun. Being in your sixties doesn't mean you lose the ability to undertake new... Continue Reading →

We're knocking on the door of my favourite season - autumn/fall. September has just started, and I find myself disturbed to hear rumours of an Indian summer. This is hardly unusual for this time of year - indeed, the opening game of the rugby season was often a time I'd find myself unexpectedly bathed in... Continue Reading →

Once upon a time, I was a regular user of an online forum where one of the popular threads was called "Today I learned..." And I have to admit that - nearly 15 years later - I still think about having a place to mention those things I have recently learned, so I thought I'd... Continue Reading →

As we move into the final knockings of summer, my mind went back to that time I remember fondly as my last summer of freedom. I can't lie, I longed to go to boarding school. I'd been brought up on Enid Blyton's "Mallory Towers" and "St Clare's" books, and it sounded like so much fun.... Continue Reading →

So... it turns out I'm not just getting old 🧓 I've not been feeling what you could call tip top of late, and it turns out there are one or two good reasons for that. After a lot of too-ing and fro-ing, many (many) blood tests, it turns out I am deficient in Vitamin B12... Continue Reading →

After moving earlier this year, lots still remains on the to do list, so I've decided to give it my full attention. I'm not going to put a firm date on my return, as I suspect it'll end up being somewhere between how much gets achieved and how much I miss being here 🙂 Till... Continue Reading →

Christie posted about taking stock in this way - not something I'd done before. Last year was a tricky year, and while this year hasn't been without its challenges already, it has a fresh feel to it - so now felt a good time for a review of sorts. As I'm not a fan of... Continue Reading →

To balance my nutty neighbour tales, let me tell you why we love it here. Standing in our garden, you can see the church spire just three houses down the road. The church is old - Middle Ages old - although significantly restored, and every Sunday morning at 10am, we get to enjoy the Church... Continue Reading →

There's a cooking show we watch where the presenters regularly reference enjoying a Negroni. I'm a fairly old fashioned girl at heart about a cocktail (and yes, an Old Fashioned is also one of a small handful of cocktails I'd select on those occasions when cocktail drinking is the order of the day) but as... Continue Reading →