When I don't hear from my sons I know everything in their worlds is going well, and then the other day they both contacted me minutes ...

Warm soup on a cold, cold day just what is needed.  But rather weirdly I'm just not in a soup mood much recently, so the last two portio...

  Christmas is coming in at us at a pace this year.   The Christmas ads are urging us to spend, spend, spend more than ever before.  Seeming...

After a weekend of not enjoying her walks, suddenly yesterday Suky found her stride again.   We wandered along the high bank that c...

I have been having a bad few days.   Yes I know myself that these too will pass, indeed I am already coming out the other side.  Bu...

We need to be kind in these crazy Covid-19 fuelled days.   Be kind to people even if they do come close looking at you as though yo...

I was recently asked if after over twelve years of blogging I ever run out of inspiration for a post, run out of things to say or ...