There are artists I follow on Instagram, whose work I admire, but who are fixated on certain subjects and I get bored with looking at their ...

' It's an odd feeling, farewell. There is such envy in it. Men go off to be tested, for courage. And if we're tested at all, it&...

"Are you OK this morning?" Dave just said. "I’m fine, apart from the news."  I think I’m finally better now. It’s taken ...

Dear Friends Please write to your MP as soon as you can about the cruel, inhumane and unhelpful new law the UK government is proposing in or...

Antibiotics are obviously wonderful but I do wish they would come without the side effects. My combination of pills this last week has given...

The good news is that 45 of my sweet pea seeds have germinated and sprouted. The lovely news is that I’ve sold this painting. It was in an e...

When I woke up this morning and went to find Dave in his study/indoor workshop, he was sitting at his computer reading about the poet Edwin ...

The spring is definitely here, and as of yesterday the sweet peas are on the windowsill but the bad news keeps on coming, and because of the...

I spent yesterday afternoon with my new baby granddaughter and the lovely Jaine. Ms X is 3 months old this week, and spending time with her ...

I was going to write a funny post today but I have woken up and read the news and there is so much horror, even without the aftermath of the...

What do you blog about when the country is falling to pieces, there has been a disastrous earthquake, and Europe is on the brink of war and ...

It has been a quiet week at Hepworth Towers, apart from the chainsawing and chopping of wood. Dave has been ‘processing’ the tree he chopped...

Zoë  gave me this for Christmas It's an unusual kind of 5 year journal. Each page is divided into 5 sections. Each section is devoted to...