We were supposed to go out with my brother after visiting friends in Highgate but instead, it was raining and…
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Throwing Away My Uncle’s Life…
To be honest I really wasn’t surprised by what I found when I entered my uncle’s house that first day.…
A Task and a Half at Malin Road…
At the beginning of 2020 Hubs and I travelled to England for a cultural break. It was January, no-one goes…
Interment…
My brother and I interred our late uncle’s ashes shortly before my six week visit to London ended. I took…
Memory Clinic…
In England we have Memory Clinics. My mother used to go to one to rule out dementia, or as it…
Sir Barry…
When I was growing up in England there was a period when Ireland’s IRA (Irish Republic Army) was visiting terror…
Cracks in the Lane…
The part of Rigsby Lane where I live is a private, dirt road. Just as it crosses FM543 it transforms…
November Already…
It seemed as though one minute it was bright and sunny and we were hanging tulle in the barn for…
Get Together…
On Friday night we ate, picnic style, in the pavilion. We had most of our family with us. There were…
Happy Birthday Mum…
It’s that time of year again and close to Mother’s Day here in America. Mummy would have ninety-three. How I…