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About Candy

I have reached the grand old age of 82 now. Until the mid 90’s I was a teacher, then a dealer in antiques and collectables which I loved! When I retired to the seaside I started a website selling antique and vintage games and wooden jigsaw puzzles. Now, I'm spending my time blogging and making oil paintings as well as looking after my very spoiled dog, Lola.

Candy in the US, sweets in the UK

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Candy

Asked what is my favourite Candy, I could – if I were a narcissist – answer: myself, of course! But I’m not a complete narcissist and, too, I have a lot to say about my favourite candy. As an adult … Continue reading →

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If we were meant to fly, God (or rather, Nature) would have given us wings!

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Candy

What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? Anyone who knows me already knows that I don’t fly. Most people who have read my posts already know that I don’t … Continue reading →

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The Orient Express – a shorter, but more fashionable train journey – with a weird twist!

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Candy

Back in the days when Julian was working at an international bank in the city of London, but not earning big bucks, he decided to give me a special Valentine’s present – a trip on the Orient Express from London … Continue reading →

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The Super Chief

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Candy

Think back on your most memorable road trip. Road trips in England don’t really compare to what I think of as ‘road trips’. We have spent time going places in the car, stopping over-night then going on to somewhere else … Continue reading →

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127.5 or bust? Not likely!

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Candy

What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? I’ve already reached my 81st year and to some people I have already lived a very long life. I know, as I said recently, that I have … Continue reading →

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ADDENDUM TO Past Tense vs Future Tense

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Candy

Julie, my sister-in-law, has reminded me about the end of the parcel game. When everyone has had a go at throwing the dice and all the parcels have been taken, a timer is set and everyone gets further chances to … Continue reading →

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Future tense vs Past tense. (And, after reading below, see the following Addendum!)

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Candy

Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? At eighty years of age I absolutely know that there are more years behind me than there are before me. Of course, I think of the past … Continue reading →

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The Best Gifts

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Candy

What is the greatest gift someone could give you? If I could have a wish or two from a fairy godmother I would ask for World Peace first then I’d ask, probably, for clear eye-sight, better hearing and to be … Continue reading →

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Education from birth to the other end!

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Candy

What colleges have you attended? Living, as I do, in a country which is not the USA, any college I went to would be completely unknown to most of my readers. Indeed, the two colleges I went to have disappeared … Continue reading →

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Hands, Knees and……What?

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Candy

It started when I reached 63. We had been in Broadstairs less than a year. I’d had a very mild tummy pain for a couple of days and Julian urged me to go to the doctor. I thought it was … Continue reading →

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