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Here we are, not quite switched off (the electronic devices) for the evening, watching SPOTY…. on walks Eddie Izzard (in a rather unusual outfit) to award […]

I like receiving Christmas cards. This week, I have received several handfuls, interspersed with certificates, case updates, bills, bank statements and so forth. I still haven’t […]

“Tis the season to be jolly…. Fa la la la la, la la la la….”. That’s about as much of Deck The Halls as I can grace you […]

It would appear that some people in my area have already been Christmasly-challenged. For those readers not living near me, the weather is (currently) very mild […]

I know…. I know…. it’s rather late to be writing my letter to you this year. But do you know what….? This year has just been […]

Oh, how I love it when the goalposts which are seemingly concreted firmly into the ground are suddenly – and without warning – moved. This week […]

Life is full of memories. Some good and some bad. Yesterday, in The Surname Society Hangout, we discussed how Christmas is celebrated in different countries and I reflected […]

…. I’m not going….” The song, from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, was sung by the character Effie White, a singer with the girl group The Dreams, to […]

This morning starting in a somewhat different way – waking at 5:30am without an alarm, with my contact lenses still in and my laptop still on my lap! Hence, […]