I went to wash my hands at the kitchen sink today.  I turned the tap on and put my hands under the running water.  The water was like ice.  I ran it for a few moments to give it a chance to come through warm, even though our boiler gives instant hot water.  Nothing!  Still [...]

It was 1967.  The days of the mini skirt and Vidal Sassoon hair cuts.  I had THIS very cut.
I was twenty one and prided myself on my fashion flair.  You know what they say about pride coming before a fall don’t you?  Hold that thought.
I can’t believe, now, that I actually wore my skirts so [...]

I sit and stare at my computer screen
An emptier page I have not seen
No funny quip, or humorous action
Can I write down, to gain reaction
My mind I dredge.  It’s a vain attempt
to bring to the fore, not one I’ve dreamt
But a real life story to entertain through
To make you smile. It’s long overdue
The hours slip [...]

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Look what Mo came home with yesterday.  She thought I might like a game of Jacks.

I remember I used to be quite good at this game when I was a kid.  We called it ‘Fivestones’ and they looked different to these.   They were small square blocks of clay and all different colours.  We didn’t use [...]

Some of you may have seen this before.  It’s been around a while, but it doesn’t matter how many times I watch it I can’t stop laughing.  I even have it on my iPhone.
I thought I’d post it for those who haven’t seen it, and also for those that have and want another giggle.  I [...]

Yesterday, I was thrilled to collect the hard drive from my old iMac.  This was the drive that held five years (and more) of all my files and programmes.  I have been waiting patiently for Apple to say it was ready to collect.  “Once I get my hard drive, I can get myself all sorted [...]

“Will you pop up to the shop for me Babs?”
I was fourteen, my mum had run out of something that she needed in order to cook our evening meal.  The shop was about 200 yards up the road, and we constantly shopped there for items that mum had ‘run out of’ throughout the week.  She [...]

We were really shocked, and sad, when we looked out of our back window today.  Our next door neighbour is having an extension built on the side of his house.  It’s a corner house and he has a very large back garden, which extends around the side, so we can see that a side extension [...]

Here it is – My new iMac!
It’s my birthday on Sunday so this couldn’t have been timed any better.

I waited until today, so I could get some daylight photos – Who was I kidding?  It’s so dark and miserable that I had to use a flash anyway!  That did NOT dampen my mood any.  [...]

We are knee deep in snow here.  At least when you are the height of Mo and I, it’s knee deep.  It looks beautiful, though I am aware it has brought with it absolute mayhem on the roads, railways and airports.  It looks beautiful here in Yorkshire.  I am so sad because I would have [...]