Gone Back South

It was good to get out of my home-office and get some fresh air. But as January grumbled through its last few miserable days, the rain kep...

A baker friend of mine posted a photo of a cake on Facebook, with the words "For the Cake of Auld Lang Syne" written in icing o...

I've got PG Tips, Peppermint Tea and Apple & Mango ... but NO EARL GREY. Cuppa catastrophe! And the fact that I mind, very much, i...

Wow, I was mighty prolific as GBS in 2008, eh? I wrote 4 times as many posts that year as I did in the following 4 years altogether. And I...

This year Guy Fawkes Night came and went past our family in the most low-key fashion ever. The big town fireworks were on Saturday night -...

Yesterday we felt the first bite of winter. I had forgotten how unpleasant cold air feels on my skin. The leaves on the trees have been tu...

January: the time for exercise, detox and healthy eating. But I honestly don't know why I thought January would be a good month to stop ...

I bought the blue blanket nine years ago. I waddled into Mothercare like a bulbous penguin – hot, huffy and in a hurry to find comfort for t...

For my patient and forgiving readers who have been peering into this unreliable window on my life through their computer screens since 2008 ...

I keep meaning to google 'Alzheimers Prevention Techniques', and then I forget to do it. This does not bode well. Over the course of...