I’m baaa-aaack! Anyone notice I went missing last week? Anyone? Last Saturday the Old Boy and I were invited to a friend’s place for “brunch”. It started at 9am. For my friends, who are very early risers, this was the middle of the morning. For...

I saw the good doctor P – my oncologist – yesterday and had my tummy jab. All things are going well. Thank the good Lord for modern medicine. Afterwards, the Old Boy and I drove across town to visit Father-in-law, in another hospital. The poor old...

We have a golden orb spider that has taken up residence in our back yard. It can thank its lucky stars it’s not a redback or it would have been dead ages ago. But, it’s a rather interesting shape: a greyish-white abdomen (which is growing bigger and...