Blog 127. After You With Those Crayons

So that was summer.  It was 5C outside our house last night and the central heating is back on for the winter. For Jane, out go the skirts, shorts, sandals and sun tops; in come the trousers, socks, jumpers and (soon, I dare say) vests.  We calculate that we, the Shacklepins, had only about thirtyContinue reading “Blog 127. After You With Those Crayons”

Blog 94. You Challenge The Sisterhood At Your Peril.

The son and heir has gone vegetarian.  It could be worse: he could have become a vegan (though no prejudice there – I never missed an episode of Star Trek in its day).  Don’t get me wrong: I enjoy vegetarian food and we often have it; but I do object to having vegan or (lessContinue reading “Blog 94. You Challenge The Sisterhood At Your Peril.”

Blog 93. The Blue Poop Challenge

Whatever happened to Wonderloaf? Or Mothers Pride? Or thick sliced white bread? I posed this question to Jane as I gazed, disappointingly, at the rough lumpen toast with bits in it that rested on my plate at breakfast time. The previous night we had pondered on the important issue of what to have for breakfastContinue reading “Blog 93. The Blue Poop Challenge”