Lakshmi’s second Christmas
It is Christmas Eve and we are driving back home tonight. I say goodbye to Grampy, Nana, Auntie Katie and Alfie. We don’t have a chimney at home. Santa needs Continue Reading →
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Let it snow, let it snow
My long weekend of bliss is coming to an end. I keep the windows drawn these days. With more darkness than daylight, there is no point in closing the curtains, Continue Reading →
Beating the winter blues
How quickly the seasons change. Before I know it winter is upon us. Autumn and the golden leaves it brings will soon be gone. A fleeting snow shower which did Continue Reading →
Bonfire night
We are halfway through autumn and yet most of the leaves are still clinging on desperately. The gust of wind tries its best to shake them loose. Some of the Continue Reading →
Getting back to normality
I make my way up the road to keep my appointment with the dentist. It is another dreary autumn day and the roads are unusually busy. The autumn chill is Continue Reading →
World Menopause Day
I finally manage to go for a long walk, the first since coming back from India. It has been drizzling all morning but the sky eventually clears by lunchtime and Continue Reading →
Second childhood
It has been snowing since yesterday, only lightly though. It didn’t settle. Which is a pity, because Lakshmi came to spend the weekend with me and we could have had Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s visit
Tonight when I get home there will be no happy faces waiting to greet me, only the odd abandoned toy or bin full of nappies to remind me that little Continue Reading →
Neighbours and Hilda
I took Kavitha to visit our previous neighbours today. They are all in their nineties and have been asking to see the baby. Hilda lived across the road from us. Continue Reading →
Deers and cars
As you are driving to Epping you see these road signs for wild animals. The signs are of a deer in a red triangle, which denotes wild animals. I have Continue Reading →
