Author Archives: Candy

I previously mentioned the ‘heavy breather’ who used to ring our London phone number. He wasn’t doing what the many, many callers are doing nowadays, of course – he wasn’t trying to scam me into sending him money or giving … Continue reading →

When I was 4 or 5, we lived in a house on Sunset Avenue in Zanesville. I only have a few memories of that house and things that happened there – we moved to Cincinnati when I was seven. One … Continue reading →

I just found that I’ve already written a blog bout my allotment, using some of the same phrases, some years ago! I must be getting old to have forgotten.😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

If you’ve read about Market Cross Cottage, you know there was no ‘garden’, just a small paved yard with a small area of soil in which was growing a wonderful passion flower up the stone wall on the left – … Continue reading →

(besides Charles and Diana’s wedding) I was 38 with a teen-age daughter and a teaching job. It was the summer holidays when teachers and pupils get six weeks off. Veronica* was approaching her 17th birthday and studying for A-levels. One … Continue reading →

Today is the second day in a row that the cold north east wind has ceased to blow on our little Isle of Thanet. It seemed like everyone in the UK was enjoying warm and sunny weather during the last … Continue reading →

When I was was about 10, my great-grandma Weller (also known to us youngsters as The Great Weller), died. She was about 93 and had spent at least the last part of her life with diabetes. I knew her as … Continue reading →

I remember my 20th birthday party. I reached that age while we still lived in our ‘luxury flat’ in Bayswater. Really, my party consisted of my family and my friend Shaun. My boyfriend had broken up with me earlier in … Continue reading →

It’s a long time since I wrote a blog post….I’m sorry about that and I have no excuse. Indeed, I have been thinking about it but haven’t been able to come up with any ideas for a post, though occasionally, … Continue reading →

Most days, when I use the downstairs loo, I am made happy by one ridiculous item! Probably eight or nine years ago I bought, via EBay, a small cupboard with four drawers to one side, as a storage unit for … Continue reading →