“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 …
Last night our flat was filled with the wafting scent of bread—honey, wheat bread specifically. My Midnight Man was prowling and behaving like a small child on seemingly long road trip. “Are we there yet?… Is the bread baked yet?…What do you mean you just turned on the oven?…” That lovely smell of sweet nuttiness …
It’s time to get back to the book project I was so excited about in February. I’d purchased a workbook entitled “Book In A Month—the fool-proof system for writing a novel in 30 days.” It’s written by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Ph.D. So I sat myself down and organized according to the schedule in the …
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, our two oldest grandsons were with us for about 10 days (27th May to 6th June.) Bellman and Jame-Oh are 13 and 12 respectively. That their mid-term break fell at the same time as the completion of My-Midnight-Man’s last Open University lessons was a wonderful dove-tailing of events. Both are …
Our grandsons, “Bell-Man” and “Jame-oh” arrived on 27th May to spend 10 days with us for their mid-term school break. The days sped by, but there were some high-lights for them. Whilst Midnight Man and I just couldn’t handle the physical aspects of a walk, our two rambunctious lads were eager to joint the …
Four days into the month of June and I’ve only just turned the calendar page today. Soon it will be the 21st, which is the longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day in the southern hemisphere. The only thing shorter than a day in December (NH), is my list of accomplishments. …