Dear Diary
Over two years since I last blogged anything. So long in fact that WordPress is completely different. There’s some kind of weird block editor that I don’t understand. Why can’t I just write text in a...
View ArticleMemories are made of this
I don’t remember life events very well. When they happened, what year, where I was, or in many cases, that they happened at all. Reading back over blog entries really helps. So I’m going to try and...
View ArticleWater movement
Looks like we might have movement on the water front. Severn Trent are coming out, possibly Wednesday, to repair the leak in pipe between us and the mains. Fingers crossed. That’ll be an absolutely...
View ArticleThe silence is delicious
For the past couple of months or so we’ve been able to hear water moving through the cold water pipes in the kitchen and bathroom. Turns out, as I previously posted, it was caused by a leak in the...
View ArticleThe World Has Changed
What a strange situation we find ourselves in. Covid19 will change the world. I’m pretty sure I’m on day 5 of my own personal infection. Fever, cough, headaches, the whole set, but very mild. Doing...
View ArticleLockdown
Well well, we’re locked down. The UK government has finally decided to close all but essentially shops, limit gatherings to no more than 2 people (unless all close family), and fine people if they’re...
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Personal Journey
My father died when I was 4 (1975), my mum died in 2012 and my sister passed away in 2015. After my father died, my mother never spoke about him to us. My sister had more memories of him because she...
View ArticleCovid-19
We can’t say for certain if I’d had (got) Covid-19, because there’s no testing unless you’re hospitalised at present, however, I’m reasonably confident I’ve had it. I have my flu jab every year and...
View ArticleRegrets …
I often joke that regret is one of the four pillars of my life, but I don’t really dwell much on past decisions once I’m over the ‘angry at myself’ period. I do regret not spending more time in my...
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Hole in the Wall
From this (rotten, been there years and been getting worse, had it ‘repaired’ twice so far). To this (done it myself, over two weeks, bit by bit, don’t care about how messy it looks as long as it keeps...
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