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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.

A quick update on tinnitus

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Candy

This afternoon the phone rang, I answered. It was for me from a jolly fellow who wanted to help me get back my PPI. His mate had rung yesterday and I had told him that I had never had PPI … Continue reading →

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Where DOES the time go? Twitter!

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Candy

I said to Julian (husband) this morning, “There just isn’t enough time to do all the stuff I need to do.” [weeding, housework, blogging, clearing out my old stock room so it can be used for stacking his and my … Continue reading →

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Who else has Aphantasia? Probably not you!

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Candy

I was standing in the field which surrounded the school I was working in with two of the fifteen year old girls I had been teaching. I think I had asked them to remember my earlier instructions or some such … Continue reading →

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Pop-up subscriptions

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Candy

This isn’t a blog post, just a quick message to anyone who subscribed via a pop-up on the site earlier today. As there were various problems with that pop-up, I have removed it. If you still want to subscribe there … Continue reading →

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A good night’s sleep

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Candy

For the first fifty five years of my life I had no idea what people meant when they said they had trouble sleeping. Whatever I had done during the day – sat around watching tv with my family because there … Continue reading →

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The day I realised I was getting old

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Candy

It was a Tuesday in, I think, May, 2006. The plumber, Colin, was here working in our downstairs loo which was also the only bathroom in the house at the time. I was sitting on the settee in the living … Continue reading →

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About me

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Candy

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 … Continue reading →

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First blog post

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Candy

This is the excerpt for your very first post. Continue reading →

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