What a way to start the new month! There was a phone call on the 31st August from the Eye clinic in Windsor. The call was for My Midnight Man (MMM). The Eye clinic had a cancellation and wanted to know if MMM wanted to take the appointment for the next day. “Take it!” …
The repeated pattern of the weather over our summer months has been: sun and a bit of warmth for two, maybe three days; heavily overcast, cool, grey days that hold in the sound of aircraft engines; two or three days of rain, some gentle showers, some heavy down pours, accompanied by thunder and lightening. …
My friend, B., sent me a link for an article written by a Canadian for a Orange County, Californian newspaper. http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/london-311857-want-book.html He asked me to read the article, and then comment. I do invite you to read this article before reading my blog…to give you an idea as to what I’m replying to. …
A gentle rain is now falling. By the time I post this, the showers will probably have stopped. It’s overcast today, with showers expected off and on all day. As for me, well, I’m trying to make some decisions about what to do next. I’ve finally gotten back to writing on my Book …
This apron is the second one I made from My Midnight Man’s worn out jeans. This is the back pocket and waistband section. I opened the crotch seam so that the garment would lay flat. Then I found the place to mark off a straight line, where I could add a ruffle at the bottom. …
“Born to Party” stated the flyer. To raise money and support for Save the Children, a family from church threw a party. Saturday, 2nd July was sunny, warm, the perfect day for an afternoon in a beautiful English back garden. The front garden hosted a bouncy castle. The back garden was organised with various …
As I recently mentioned, I have been busy with some sewing. I took a pair of John’s old jeans that he could no longer wear and used them to make an apron. The other material I used was a pair of thread-bare pyjamas that had torn next to the center seam. First, I cut around …
The word doppelganger is a fun-sounding word of German origin which, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary means “a ghostly counterpart of a living person.” Now apparently everyone has a doppelganger or double in this world. I’d be very surprised if someone has not said to you: “You look like someone I know, his/her …
I fell off of my bike Wednesday. You know, it hurts more when one is 52 years old than it did at 12 years old. Rain made the road slick and the bike simply skidded along the driveway curb instead of rolling onto the sidewalk. The only damage to me was a severely skinned left …
What person in her right mind would want to spend six weeks rowing a boat across the Atlantic Ocean? Nothing to do all day but pull oars, fight waves, ache from fatigue and hope you’re staying on coarse. And then there is the weather…will there be storms, squalls, or overbearing heat and sun? Will …