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I wanted to reach in and squeeze his spots!
It’s not often a book grabs me the way ‘The Five Wounds’ did. Chosen by our virtual book club (must…
Read More‘Thank you’ notes – archaic and unnecessary?
‘Thank you’ notes – archaic and unnecessary stealers of time, or still playing a role in connecting us socially as…
Read MoreSantorini – the island impossible to forget – Sunday Telegraph
“Impossible there: too many people. Come.” Instant fellowship: a lady hair-pinned over a cane, me daily secreting taverna tit-bits to…
Read MoreRecycled Rotary
I never wanted to join Rotary. Actually, that’s not strictly speaking true, because back in 1993 I had wanted to…
Read MoreHomographs, heteronyms, and utter confusion.
A great email sent to me today. We certainly have some challenges in our language – and hats off to…
Read MoreThe wedding disaster made The One Show
IMG_8362 (1) Although we avoided all of the press interest in our wedding at the time, The One Show displayed…
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I wasn’t being flashed because I was speeding! And I may never again eat trout…
I did it! I don’t normally do sponsored walks, cycles, etc. My last sponsored event was a parachute jump…
Read MoreIt’s yor heritage, hinny
Accents and dialects fascinate me, and I’m fortunate to come from an area in Britain renowned for its almost incomprehensible…
Read MoreDo I need a coffee to boost me, or a nana nap?
Having taken on this challenge of swimming 22 miles (and setting myself the additional challenge of doing it in 22…
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