Our garden is one of the many reasons we bought our house and it continues to give us tremendous joy. Whilst the dank, dark winter months challenge the most positive mind, there are many things to enjoy from the ever changing landscape and the promise of brighter days to come. It is Spring. The winter…

According to the deeds our house was built in 1928 so I guess it has a big birthday coming up in a few years. Whilst we consider ourselves the “owners” of #22 that’s just a reflection of the fact that we are the most recent occupants and lucky enough to no longer have a mortgage.…

Monday started cloudy in more ways than one. Looking upwards it was grey and uninspiring, indoors pretty much the same. Mrs S announced that she had “bits” to do in town, which of course is code for you are walking into town with me, trailing in my wake as we enter many shops and always…

As time passes we become more aware of how fragile human life really is. There are all the obvious signs, of course. Failing eyesight, for instance, the occasional trip to the body shop for replacement parts. Modern medicine can generally fix or at least control these things. A much greater challenge is the mind. Little…

There are too many people, it seems, that come to the end of their allotted time without reflection. Those that pause for a moment rarely record their thoughts. I will not be one of those people. For better or almost certainly worse, I am going to have a stab at a memoir. It will be…

Time is a problem. Too much or too little? I guess it depends on your perspective. If you are anticipating a happy event, time will drag. On the other hand, time flies when you are enjoying yourself. But why are you looking at the clock anyway? There is little doubt that too much time is…