Vive la Difference
In my not so humble opinion, a man is a useful addition to the household. He has (often) better earning and employment potential (still!), he is strong, he finds time for hobbies and interests (how could that be?) and as a result, sometimes learns to carry out useful tasks that perhaps some women might feel […]
Aging can be funny if you look at it the right way
I met an ex-colleague at the garden centre. It was so nice to see her. I think we chatted more than we had ever done at school. She said, ‘I love your blog.’ I replied ‘I haven’t written anything for ages. Now the children have left and the dog’s gone, nothing funny happens.’ I paused. […]
dogs, Cats and a Dawn Chorus
Although dear old Milo has departed this life, Whizz and I occasionally have the opportunity to ‘enjoy’ other people’s pets. Both my girls seem to be ‘cat people’ and by that, I don’t mean they have pointy ears and flicking tails, no, I mean that they adore cats. Horace, when small and on holiday somewhere […]
Help!
Let’s talk about technology. I may have mentioned that Whizz is keen on gadgets. We have phones – well, doesn’t everyone? and laptops, with many extra monitors. When Whizz leaves work, he shares his ETA with me and I can watch his progress on Apple Maps: a little circle containing his face with a creepily […]
Procrastination and other things
Why do I write? Well, to be honest I don’t much, there’s less to write about these days. Amusing events rarely occur now that the kids have left home, the dog has passed on and Grabber, our lodger’s dog, has ceased his grabbing and jumps onto an armchair, rotates a few times, and settles patiently […]
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 certain members of my family-stroke-social-circle (another pun) owned pets of the feline variety. Now, I wonder what we were all thinking. There are so many reasons to keep cats safely […]
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 for a rented house where we will entertain the Shitstable and OtherTV and Bogthin (work that one out!) branches of the family – by that I mean my sister, brother, […]
Voting with our hearts
It is quite obvoius to me and presumably to most of us, that the Conservative party has shown a lack of wisdom during this parliament, and it follows that those who voted them in showed poor judgement too. It is so easy to think that we have a two, possibly three party system, a vote […]
Dog story
Our poor old Milo quit this life on Boxing Day 2021, but our step-dog, Grabber, padded into the breach to help us through our sadness. Grabber belongs to Beamish, the man who rents one of our rooms. This little Cocker Spaniel is the dearest thing. Unlike Milo, who spent most of his days lying beside […]
Horace Memories
Story Number One Horace and two girl friends decided upon a weekend away and booked a self-contained flat on AirBnB. In the flat, they had a choice of a double or twin bedded room. Her friends were kind enough to let Horace have the double, while they shared the twin – I wouldn’t dream of […]