I have a good friend from Guernsey whom I’ve known since my mid twenties. We both had seasonal businesses. Hers…
A Periwinkle Kind of Weekend…
Periwinkles were in bloom when my first daughter, Paris (pronounced Pah-rhee, the French way, in my head) was born, it…
The Anvil…
For Simon’s birthday we bought him a 300lb anvil. Not a simple gift to keep secret, wrap or deliver so…
My Russian Blue…
I knew when Shadow performed little head-over-heels’s in my lap as a kitty-witty, brand new to our barn, that he…
Birthday Wishes and R.I.P…
And so another year passes and I am at a point where I catch myself thinking, “This has been too…
Children Playing…
My childhood home in London backed onto the playing fields of the school I attended until I was eleven. Even…
A Day of Contemplation and Reflection…
I’d never heard of In School Suspensions although I should have put two and two together since I went to…
Young-Steer-a-Running…
This morning while walking I was thoroughly amused by this field of young steer. As I pass they start to…
It’s March 3rd!..
Simon, today you are 29 and because of a dreadful cough I contracted while out and about recently, I was…
Curious Cats…
During the winter months, after a baking spree, I leave my oven open to let the hot air escape into…