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...

I’ve had a love hate relationship with London over the years. If someone I love lives there and I can visit them, I love the place: I have a...

Hello! I always planned to come back on February 1st and say whether I was going to resume the blog or give it up, but I'm here now.  Ha...

I finished the Still Life with Covid painting: Still Life with Covid Acrylic on board.  It could be better, but I am leaving it. "A wor...

You can have too much of The Repair Sho p. You can have too much of people saying their auntie gifted them the doll in 1953. GIFTED? GIFTED?...

When I first got Covid I was telling people how lucky it was that it had never been planned for family to come here for Christmas, but that ...

The dark Two of my Christmas messages… "Dear Sue I hope you are coping well with the end of civilisation and managing to keep warm....

I am definitely on the mend because this morning I was composing a blog post in my head, even before I switched on the light. Dave did not...

Dear faithful readers, your comments on the last post cheered me hugely because of their sympathy and empathy and because of your own stori...

It's been a challenging week.  On two early mornings I tried and failed to make a transaction on telephone banking. This involves holdin...