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Occasionally, when I was a child  in school we were asked what we would like to be. We could list up to 3 choices. I always put 2. My first choice was: a lady. My father had a book about the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, full of photographs of the royal family,...

While waiting to see the doc, yesterday, I had a quick flick through the magazines on offer, as you do. There was one called… Wait a minute; don’t want to get myself into trouble here. Er… Hmm… There was one called Well Being (wink wink). It...

First of all, please accept my apology for missing last week’s blog. For those of you who aren’t my Facebook friends, I had an accident: split my forehead open – to the bone – ; badly bruised and, I think, strained my right arm; wrenched my...

Early in the week I attended the funeral of an old friend. It reminded me of the old movie, “Goodbye, Mr Chips”. He’d been a teacher and had just retired at the end of last year. He was one of those wonderful educators who poured his life into his...

Congratulations to Alice Munro, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature. Well done, that lady. Now I confess: I’ve never heard of her. I gather she’s an elderly Canadian who writes short stories about life on the Canadian plains. Sounds intriguing....

House clean: check. Laundry done: check. House and Wonder dog sitter organised: check. Wonder dog bathed: check. Food sorted: mostly check. Bags packed: not yet, but soon. Okay I think I’m almost ready for a long weekend holiday with the family. You heard right:...