Autumn is evident in the air today, chilly, breezy, yet sunny. We might have a few showers this afternoon—as the United Kingdom often gets remnants of the storms that blow across from American, thanks to the jet stream. Autumn is my favourite time of the year, because of the colours, the harvest and the …
Children of the 1950’s to the 1970’s are familiar with vinyl records that were played at 33 or 45 rounds-per-minute on turn-tables with diamond-tipped needles on the end of an arm. If the record player got shaken, or the arm bumped, the needle skipped and skidded across the records, sometimes scratching them, but not …
Christmas 2001 As befitting a farmer’s granddaughter, and a “Wannabe Lady Farmer”, I chose to wear my dungarees today as I sat out on the balcony working on my “Farmer’s Tan” and organising my “Balcony Garden in Boxes.” I was out in the glaring sun, mixing water with fertilizer, pouring it into dried out …