Every December I go for a free eye test. It’s free because a family member has Glaucoma. This test would cost your average, glaucoma-history-free Joe £55. Every day the papers, which I go out of my way not to read, but sometimes can’t help glancing … Continue reading The Eye Test
It’s the time of year when I search out my battered copy of A Christmas Carol and get myself into the Christmas spirit, via Dickens’ three Christmas spirits. There’s always a moment when I think I’ll never find it again, because it never seems to be … Continue reading The Greatest Story Ever Told
Anxiety is reaching epidemic proportions in the Western world. Yes, the affluent West where the drinking water doesn’t kill you, where there’s always too much food on the table, where every house contains a full array of everything digital. In America, the land of opportunity … Continue reading Mama, We’re all Crazy Now
The Great British Bake Off, like the yeast used in the bread making challenges, has mushroomed and spawned various programmes using an identical format – and the latest features lots of clay pots. Pottery and the art of potting doesn’t quite hold the mass appeal … Continue reading I’m Potty about Pottery
I joined Facebook a year ago, thinking it was a really good way to stay in touch with family who live miles away – thinking it would be a lovely, cosy ‘place’ to inflict images of the domestic life I lead, upon the various far-away … Continue reading I’m not in with the In Crowd
Son No 2 came home for the weekend, the day after bonfire night, and the next day immediately cadged some money to get a haircut. Curiously all my sons, like the Queen, don’t seem to carry any money about on their person. Tenner in hand … Continue reading Not with a Bang but a Whimper
Sky's painting competition is back on telly, only this time they're looking for landscape artists, which has set me off on the amateur painting lark again. I've been thinking though that maybe you, me or any old Tom, Dick and Harry has a shot at … Continue reading Art Stuff 2
The Theory of Everything has been on Sky all week. This film is about a genius, and there appears to have been a genius in the casting office when Eddie Redmayne was chosen for the part. Casting the young, handsome and fantastically upper class (Eton, Cambridge) … Continue reading My Theory of Everything
I’ve been a housewife for 28 years and still am, even though my sons are mostly never around, living elsewhere. And by housewife I mean SAHM (‘stay at home mom’ in American) – although I barely qualify as an SAHM anymore, now the kids, as … Continue reading Being a Housewife is the Hardest Job in the World – NOT
I feel a current affinity with Dr Who, being that I’m now the subject of a Cyber attack (not quite the Cybermen but pretty close) from entities known as Referrer Spam. These internet nasties have found the blog that no one reads and are filling … Continue reading Doctor Who – Before the Flood
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