In this life

A few days ago, while Grandson was at school, I took Granddaughter L to the museum. We sat at the front of the bus and she drove it. (Not...

A few months ago, I bought a bound volume of 1925 "Good Housekeeping" magazines. The book sits on my desk and every day while...

Daughter 1 tries hard not to treat her children gender-stereotypically. I'm not sure that this has totally succeeded. Yesterday, Gra...

I don't usually mention politics here, but like many of my Facebook friends (some of whom are also bloggy friends), I'm shocked b...

Son and Daughter-in-Law have been here with their baby to coincide with Daughter 2's weekend visit, which has been lovely - Daughter ...

The beautiful autumn weather has become somewhat chillier, though not cold, as I seem to remember the autumns of my youth. The Botanics...

Isn't it odd how one has brief snapshots of memories which are pretty insignificant but which remain vivid? I remember walking along ...

This weekend, as a real treat, Son and Daughter-in-Law brought 11-week-old Granddaughter M for a three-day visit. You'll have to take...

Grandson decided to write a story. He enjoys actually writing the words but his inspiration was flowing too quickly for his penmanship, s...

By contrast, this is Edinburgh, with its roads running down to the sea. Lovely though Florence and Venice are, I wouldn't like to...

It's ridiculous: I know that everybody raves about Venice and that's why I wanted to see it, but I just hadn't expected it to...