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Cracked pot.
Here it is. A cracked pot, for which I am grateful. This morning before breakfast I put out the lockdown library, as usual. I was in my curlers and my garden overcoat, which has seen better days. A red warning … Continue reading
Sleepy.
One of the features of modern life is the effects wrought on a body and mind by modern medication. The last few hundred years in the West and hundreds of years in the East have seen the ills of the … Continue reading
Spring Min.
It is looking as likely as rain in England that Spring Miniatura will take place at the NEC. Therefore I am working flat out dressing dolls. When I say flat out, it took me a week to rev up to … Continue reading
The Min.
It is two years since I was writing about Miniatura. Just in case you are a new reader, please allow me to enlighten you. Miniatura is the miniature art show that has been in existence since the eighties, of the … Continue reading
Careers Advice.
The new Head, opening his study,Said, ‘Welcome to you, Mr Toddy,Mrs Toddy put your bodyIn this chair. There is no need to appraise me,You really can’t surprise me,I already recognise whyYou both are here. I assume that Toddy JuniorIs why … Continue reading
Downward.
It seems that SMIL has been moved into the wing of the care home for the most demented residents. When she first went into the home her daughter argued that she didn’t belong there, and, at first, this seemed true. … Continue reading
Digging for rhymes.
Alexander PopeWent to buy some ropeThe shop was closed,“Would that I’d knowsedI’ll have to use string, I supposeOr else, give up all hope.” Pope Xander AWent to buy some hayThe empty barnWas huge and warmHe snored inside it until dawnAnd … Continue reading
Demented new year.
I haven’t written the Dementia Diaries for some time, not because my Step-Mum-in-Law has suddenly got better but because everything to do with this is so depressing. If you are a carer for someone with any one of this range … Continue reading
Housewives Real Treasure–New Year edition.
Angelica here! May I be the first to wish you a Happy New Year. Here at HRT we are very excited by the donation of a camera phone. Jackie Biscuit, our cookery editor is still in Dubai, but her teenage … Continue reading
A Monday morning in midwinter.
Walking Charlie the cockerpoo in the park,John is dancing to get warm in the dark,He taps away his chills in code,Fleet of foot and pointy toed.Freezing breezes fluff his hair,He hopes he looks like Fred Astaire. Further over, on the … Continue reading