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Plans never seem to work for me. I plan something, and it invariably goes pear-shaped so now, I rarely bother. This week however, the Plan was to go to my sister’s house, follow her to the garage for some work her car needed, then we’d go shopping in my

Recently I decided I’d make American style blueberry pancakes. Great idea. I had all the ingredients, including home grown blueberries in the freezer. So, a mixing bowl – nope, packed that. Food mixer – packed that too. Oops. In the end, I used a large

Here, the weather has been very changeable. Monday, we had a very hard frost and my bedroom got down to 13C. The cold was making me cough and I got up at 4am and put the heating on. Tuesday it rained, heavily, most of the day but at least it was warmer.

The Matriarch is still in hospital, and whilst there has been some improvement, I’m still unclear if they will send her home soon. A nurse was asking all sorts of questions about her home life and between my Mother and I, we managed to answer them. This

In the late seventies, my divorced Mother took a night class in accounting. There she met a man that she liked, and she would often talk about him. One day, she invited him home to dinner and to meet her 4 children; he was very brave! My Grandad, who

Sunday, I went and sat with Dad for a few hours. He was resting peacefully, and I was assured that he wasn’t in pain due to all the meds and morphine. He didn’t wake the whole time I was there and though I was holding his hand, I don’t think he knew I was