As January draws to a close…
Hurrah! Massive congratulations to the sous-chef for completing his January “Run your Age” challenge for Age UK with a day to spare. Not only has he gathered a bit of sponsorship for the charity but he has overcome…
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Treading carefully
Making progress. Good news: the hospital bed and all the other paraphernalia has gone back and, hurrah!, I’ve actually walked down the front path to the gate. It was my first venture outside since 18 September last year. Visiting nurse…
January rambles
Hot stuff. The sous-chef is still pounding out his daily quota as he runs his age. Sponsorship welcomed at and all goes to Age UK. He’s the only person I know who runs in cashmere! Right first…
Happy January
Running for Age UK. The sous-chef’s challenge for January this year: running his very considerable age. The combination of an old serious injury plus his very ancient years means that he’ll use most of the month to reach the distance.…
Sixty years on.
Just finished Mickey Spillane’s book “The Snake” (published 1964). Staggering attitudes towards how men and women interacted: lantern-jawed, monosyllabic Mike Hammer resisting sex before marriage while relishing Velda’s provocative repeated disrobing. No wonder young men had such skewed attitudes towards…
New Year Greetings!
Season’s kisses. Howard arrived with this huge bunch of mistletoe just before Christmas. It’s hanging in the kitchen ready for kissing duties and he took some of the berries to press into the bark of the ancient apple trees. Perhaps…
Treading carefully.
Making progress. Good news: the hospital bed and all the other paraphernalia has gone back and, hurrah!, I’ve actually walked down the front path to the gate. It was my first venture outside since 18 September last year. Visiting nurse…
January rambles.
Hot stuff. The sous-chef is still pounding out his daily quota as he runs his age. Sponsorship welcomed at and all goes to Age UK. He’s the only person I know who runs in cashmere! Right first…
Happy January
Running for Age UK. The sous-chef’s challenge for January this year: running his very considerable age. The combination of an old serious injury plus his very ancient years means that he’ll use most of the month to reach the distance.…
Sixty years on.
Just finished Mickey Spillane’s book “The Snake” (published 1964). Staggering attitudes towards how men and women interacted: lantern-jawed, monosyllabic Mike Hammer resisting sex before marriage while relishing Velda’s provocative repeated disrobing. No wonder young men had such skewed attitudes towards…