Death may be inevitable, but that does not detract from the emotional upset of losing someone or some living thing close to you: a living thing that you have nurtured and cared for from its very beginning until the life is snuffed out of it. Jane has just suffered a tragic loss and, even now,Continue reading “Blog 140. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden”
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Blog 139. The Watch Ashore
“Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone”.So ran the song by the late Bill Withers in 1971, when I was a fresh-faced young Midshipman serving in a destroyer, I had a 30” waist, plenty of fair hair, a brand new Triumph Spitfire to impress the girls, and the world was my oyster. That ship has sailed,Continue reading “Blog 139. The Watch Ashore”
Blog 130. Give Me a Ring Sometime
The final slice of tarte tatin remaining from our last dinner party lay before me, covered in cream. I savoured it for quite some moments, just as a starving survivor in a lifeboat might eye up the cabin boy for his next meal. Christmas was over, 2024 had begun, and the pudding in front ofContinue reading “Blog 130. Give Me a Ring Sometime”
Blog 41. And yet another three weeks to go…
Spring has come to England. I cannot comment on Scotland or the rest of the UK. After two days of rain, which has brought up the garden beautifully, we have returned to lovely sunshine and mild temperatures. It is cool in the shade, but pleasant out of it. The weather has been somewhat fickle. BeforeContinue reading “Blog 41. And yet another three weeks to go…”
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