Month: August 2018

This brings the general topic of 'celebrating' birthdays and other important occasions. Today my wife Francoise achieved her xxxth birthday. We celebrated in the morning by picking raspberries in our allotment and then buying a particularly generous portion of salmon which we had with scrambled egg for breakfast. Normally I get inspiration as to 'where to go' but neither myself or Francoise had...

As you may know we love making our own bread but unfortunately it does not do well in the heat and the damp. The hot summer provides ideal conditions for mould which although attractive to the biologist does not make for a positive eating experience. It is some days since I have put pen to paper.  I saw a very moving scene from my window this morning. A council employee was operating a street...

Oh dear oh dear such good intentions but what a mess. As my regular readers will have gathered, I am very involved in smart meters and 5G So when I heard there was a talk in Totnes, Devon, I was delighted but when I saw the leaflet I realized it'd been hastily created and ill thought out and unless there is a large and stable group of existing fans the chance of this leaflet pulling people is...

Today dawned bright and sunny and at just the right temperature. This is the day when we were due to finish a gardening job for a delightful woman of 87 who has endured the loss of two husbands followed by seven years being on her own in each case. She is thinking of moving into a home where she can have the company that she desires. She complains of loneliness and particularly in the winter...