I thought I’d post an update on the little stray tabby cat who seems to have adopted me. I took him to my vet to see if they could scan him for a microchip and yes he did have one! His owner was Brighton Cat Welfare. My vet left a message with them to call […]
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It’s Father’s Day today in the UK. This is my Dad who sadly passed away in ‘92. This lovely gentle man loved animals with a passion, wrote amazing poetry and supported all my crazy schemes with incredible enthusiasm. Second to animals, surfing was the love of his life. He could be
Welcome to the second instalment of my favourite eight discs. Seems weird writing the word ‘discs’ but it would be even weirder writing Desert Island MP3s. Just doesn’t gel. Jessica by The Allman Brothers Band from the album Brothers and Sisters This is my instrumental ‘classical’ piece. I’ve never tired of listening to
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Listening to Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this morning got me thinking to what 8 records I would take to my desert island. I have many, many terra bytes of music stored on hard drive, probably the equivalent in vinyl to fill every shelf of a mega superstore. Yet it did not take me many
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Bargain time again – I found this pretty silk top by Alexon in my local charity/thrift shop for the bargain price of £1.50. Yes it is 100% silk!! It will go beautifully with fuchsia or lilac summer skirts. I love it!! Well that was the sublime part of the post. Here follows
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Here we have the ultimate in portable sewing! I got this machine some time ago from a man via Gumtree. This machine had been his mother’s and was given to her brand new (1934) as a present for her birthday when she was a young girl. Apparently she sewed on it all her