I’m starting 2013 today…a day late I know, but yesterday turned out to be a write-off and I’d prefer to start afresh today. I think I probably managed to jinx yesterday by deciding on New Year’s Eve that my main resolution for 2013 was to be fit and healthy. I had no sooner formulated the […]

So that’s just about it. 2012. Quite a year, one way and  another. Full of ups and downs. Not a stellar year, but there have been worse. Highs: Learning to scuba dive and cross country ski, visiting the Maldives again, watching FC Barcelona play superlative football, being British and proud watching the  London Olympics, meeting […]

That’s it then. Christmas 2012. Quiet, good food, nice walks, Midnight Mass, time spent with family and friends, reading, knitting (I’m still not finished, thanks for asking!), watching unaccustomed amounts of telly. No big parties, no teenage drama (which probably counts as a miracle) and really no stress. I’m beginning to think I could actually […]

Wishing all my friends out there a peaceful and joyous Christmas. It has enriched my life over the last few years to get to know so many of you – and even meet some in person. I love receiving your comments, reading your blogs and feeling that I have friends out there all over the […]

Today I’ve sort of come to a stop. The flu has abated, but I am in that energyless washed out post flu stage. So be it. So I’ve made up my mind that I’ve bought enough presents (and if people think they haven’t got enough, well tough), sent enough cards, not baked enough (but I’m […]