I have been fulfilling my primeval and natural human role this weekend preparing for this year’s harvest – well, hoped for harvest. I have now nearly emptied my propagator and pricked out and potted on all those fragile little seedlings…
I feel mildly disappointed, a bit naive and very disillusioned when I think about British politics these days. I am referring, of course, to the latest scandal to hit our Members of Parliament. Three former cabinet ministers, fervent supporters of…
I was walking home from my tai chi class last night feeling tired in the rain when I trod in a puddle and remembered it was the night for putting out the rubbish. I felt irritable, miserable and over-wrought until…
I am off to see my doctor this morning and it isn’t going to cost me a penny. Two weeks ago I was having the latest in my regular consultations with the very very bright woman who is my consultant…
I used to dream about the flint buildings and chalk grasslands of Sussex when work took me away for a few years from the county of my youth. I have been back, thankfully, for some time now and, on Sunday,…
I got my camera out over the weekend in the interests of martial arts. My kung fu club (White Crane Fighting Arts) asked me to go to Eastbourne where they are doing a demonstration of the finer points of kung…
After a week of uninterrupted sunshine here in South East England, I woke up this morning to a fine shower of constant Spring rain. Grey skies, a hazy damp mist and, yes, OK, rain. Out in the street people are…
It was an exciting race. Two horses fighting it out over the fences to the narrow margin of victory at the Cheltenham races yesterday. The two jockeys too – fought it out with even more determination and vigour. What got…
On-line banking is fun. It is what we are all told that we should do. It saves paper. It is easy. It saves time. It saves money. Well Bankers’ money…..do we want to save them money? I have an on-line…
I am putting my feet up today. After the weekend of thinking about the consequences of my visit to the hospital on Friday, I have had to let a number of thoughts float freely round the majority of my brain…