New Year Greetings!
Season’s kisses. Howard arrived with this huge bunch of mistletoe just before Christmas. It’s hanging in the kitchen ready for kissing duties and he took
31/01/2024
Blog & Articles of Interest
Christmas Cheer and Congratulations.
Please enjoy the latest triumph: after more than three months, I have at last managed to climb the stairs to the bedroom, study etc! Now
13/12/2023
Journey to recovery
Life has been very fuzzy over the last few weeks: on top of the spinal fracture (manageable), still living in hospital bed in conservatory, there’s
06/12/2023
Ex-PM “bamboozled” by science?
A scientific adviser commented on the Covid enquiry and the politician “bamboozled” by science. She scoffed about those of us who don’t know “mortality” from
22/11/2023
What makes a good leader?
All the political debates about new Governments next year in America and here plus all the words being spouted at the Covid Enquiry, I’ve been
08/11/2023
How they shot themselves in the foot.
Nearly ¾ million of us forced Government to stop rail companies getting rid of ticket offices. Most of us objected because the change would make
01/11/2023
Pride cometh before the Fall!
I was trumpet-blowing in the last post and have had my come-uppance. Fell down the last few stairs yesterday and landed in an ungainly heap
20/09/2023
Prize-winning.
Feeling a bit smug. Not because a blind person won first prize for the honey cake class at our local beekeepers’ show but because the
18/09/2023
People speak but will the powers-that-be listen?
Over half a million of us raised our voices by midnight 1 September to say we don’t agree with the closure of rail station ticket
04/09/2023