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I remember Hallowe’en, 1957. I dressed as a fairy, or a princess or something girly. Judy would have dressed as a cowboy or a ghost or, maybe, a spaceman and Jennie might have been a witch or a princess. I … Continue reading →

When I was young I had headaches. They weren’t usually terrible but bothersome. Then, I reached my twenties and POW‼️ I realised that these weren’t just headaches, they were something else, entirely. They were headaches but with a ‘sick’ feeling … Continue reading →

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 →