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I’m off tomorrow to do a retreat in England for 10 days, hoping for some sunshine, so no more news until I get back – and if this weather doesn’t improve I might not come back!

Well, no wonder! It’s the last day of March and we have more snow again. We’ve had enough, although Auntie Bess tells me we had snow on the same date last year, but then we hadn’t had it bad for … Continue reading →

Well I will as soon as I get used to these new intermediate varifocals -they’re meant to be for reading at the bottom and computer at the top but they merge seamlessly between the two. Anyway there’s some hi-tech reason … Continue reading →

I’m just back from visiting the golden oldies and they’re all well and in good form. I had a noisy train journey back as it was 6pm on Saturday after the football. A well-oiled group of lads sat near me … Continue reading →

What can I say? The proof of the gingerbread will be in the eating. Having a friend in for coffee and hoping she won’t faint from shock.

I’ve had a horrible cold since flying back from Cardiff – is there a conenction perhaps with air quality on the plane? Been feeling miserable but the weather is getting milder so I got out for a wee walk yesterday. … Continue reading →

That’s Wales to you and me – just spent a week there vbisiting friends in Cardiff, Cymllynfell (bet you can’t pronounce that one) and Swansea. Visited the Welsh Assembly on St David’s Day, 1 March and was lucky enough to … Continue reading →

It was Auntie Margaret’s 98th birthday, and we caught the whole generation together, and that’s 365 years between them. No bad going!

My pal Jim the Painter has been here and my old bedroom, now the double guest room, is a completely different, new shade of white. It looks good and best of all, all the wee cracks are filled and painted … Continue reading →

I was planning to head up north to visit the ‘golden oldies’ but my plans have been scuppered again by snow. Just a slight covering here but a good few inches up north, so not good for taking them out … Continue reading →