There are still leaves on the copper beeches in our garden, and the nasturtiums and marigolds cling on in one’s and twos, all because we sti...

I recently told you what telly I was watching, and I want to inform Marmee (who commented on the blog post) that she shouldn’t feel bad that...

Dave and I recently visited old friends who have bought four of my paintings in the past, and seeing the paintings again, displayed in someo...

I am on the mailing list of Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT)  and this morning I received their statement on the ceasefire As I am of ...

The state of the world got a bit too much for me last week but I feel a lot better now. Liz and I had a walk and a picnic arranged for Monda...

“uni solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant”   where they create a desert, they call it peace (Words ascribed by Tacitus to Calgacus, the Brit...

  I’m feeling too angry with Starmer at the moment to write a post. But I have written to Keir Starmer. Dear  Keir Starmer, In asking people...

  The news of the flotilla was the first thing on my mind this morning, and I texted my aging hippie friend in California with a link to the...

It was a good weekend, despite the fact that four good friends who were due to come to the exhibition couldn’t, all because of different, in...

We’re almost ready for the weekend exhibition of this last year’s paintings. Dave did a sterling job as always of helping me display them. I...

  It is hard to find news of the Global Sumud Flotilla (the flotilla of steadfastness) sailing across the Mediterranean with aid for Gaza. I...

  I feel a little bit awkward this week, writing about domestic stuff, while Israel continues its barbarous persecution of Palestinians, but...

  Hello, friends. My kind big sister texted me yesterday to ask if I was OK because the blog has been quiet. I am OK. I’ve just been having ...