I always thought the best way to judge a man was the way he treats his children… it turns out that it’s only half of it… you should also judge a man from the way he treats his parents… Alzheimer’s (Bob Hicock) Chairs move by themselves, and books. Grandchildren visit, stand new and nameless, their faces’ puzzles missing …
I was going to start by apologising for the number of photos I’m going to post… but I won’t… because in a week, when the place will once again look like a bomb site (post explosion) I can look back and reminisce … and remind myself of the way it can be. With me? So …
Yesterday I had the enviable chore to HAVING to pay a visit to Burford Garden Company (had to, it was an instruction from Mr M in order to find interesting plants for the new lounge shelves… pictures to come…). The place lies halfway between me and Ali… so meeting up for lunch was a no brainer. Whilst waiting …
… why oh why the week we come back from holiday and I have mountains of washing, and after a weekend on a full house (fab by the way), and hockey tournaments, and after school clubs pick ups, and new furniture deliveries….and when I’m still trying to catch up on Homeland series 6…. do I decide …
I guess my recent book has made more of an impact on me that I realised because when I started thinking about today’s poem this one pop right up in my mind. It’s by Mary Oliver (again… but I’m not apologising), from the collection called “Why I wake early”. “Mindful” by Mary Oliver Every day …
Continuing with the A to Z / year of reading theme we move onto letter ‘C’. I’ve had this book by my bed for a few years, this edition was published in 2009 and was the 10th Anniversary of the original. No idea what possessed me to buy it. Not my usual choice of books, …
You’re all probably fed up with picture of snow and blue skies… so how about some hotel stationery? I don’t write as many letters as I used to… it feels weird (and a little silly) to write about your life to someone that already knows about it because they ‘follow’ you on social media… I …
Today. There are certain days that you hope will imprint in the mind of your children. Days that you hope will be memories that lasts forever. Days, you hope, they will recount to their own children … magical days, days when times stands still, where the sun was at his shiniest, the sky at his …
More of the same… but being above the clouds is always magical… … and nobody’s complaining. I’m however eating way too much and I’m already thinking about the remedial process once I get home. oh boy. It’s going to be hard… but who can resist ‘polenta with deer stew and fresh berries’? Not me obviously. …
“The wings of the mountains” (Arthur Guiterman) Before there were clouds in the heavens, Before there were summers and springs, Afar in the fathomless ages The mountains, the mountains had wings. For, first of the works of creation Are they of the towering crests, And great was their grandeur and glory, And greater the …
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