I am an 81 year old American woman who has lived in the UK for over 65 of those years, married to an Englishman with one daughter and one grand-daughter. My family in America (half-siblings, cousins and one uncle) are scattered around the US. I refuse to fly (bad experience on flight to Britain in 1958) so will probably never again see most of them or the natural beauties of the country.

I spend my time enjoying working in the garden, making weird paintings with oils and doing all those things women seem to do around the house – clean, shop, wash, cook – but only when absolutely necessary! Mostly, I potter. I listen to music (all kinds, even pop though I don’t always appreciate it), sometimes I read, mostly mystery/thrillers but I also love Barbara Kingsolver books, especially The Poisonwood Bible  and The Lacuna. I try to read for half an hour every day but don’t always manage it.

I was an avid Tweeter and sometimes found that whole chunks of time had disappeared while I was tweeting (mostly) about American politics. I am writing this at the weirdest time in American political history! I gave up spending long hours on Twitter before it became X! Now, I look at it to see what those I followed have to say but typically spend barely ten minutes finding out – and I often forget to tap on the X button for days!

I live in Kent on the very tip of the eastern-most bit with the North Sea about ten minutes’ walk away. There are seven beautiful sandy beaches but I only go to one or two of them occasionally. (We recently came back from a holiday in Avignon, France, which was the third time we visited that lovely town. The food was wonderful, the wine was plentiful, the sun was hot….it was great!) That last paragraph was written in 2017. Since then most holidays have been spent at home!

My blog posts are about me, my raging aches and pains, my thoughts on almost any subject…art, science, grammar (I tend to be a grammar nazi!), tv, films, books, politics, my family….on and on. If you enjoy one or other, please let me know and, possibly, pass on my site name to friends!