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Toast
Four years ago, Whizz and I bought Mavis a ‘therapy pet’ for her birthday. You might be imagining a cute little kitty, a furry bunny
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Salad Days
At the age of 68, rather than writing myself off (literally), I decided I still had a lot to offer the world of employment. I
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Cat expressions
In my experience, the feelings of cats are usually ‘expressed’ from their nether regions (see what I did there?) In years gone by, I and
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My Mum – again
As I have mentioned in the past, my mother is 93 (born 1929). Currently, her energies are directed at moving herself into residential care. This
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Can you hear me Mother?
My mother is 93 and very deaf. She has been quite deaf for years. In fact, when she was my age, she was noticeably hard
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Measuring up
Today, Whizz, Mavis, Horace, Kerching and I will set off for Shitstable – so named because of its unenviable connection with raw sewage. We head