Miracles do happen….

I have been trying for months to buy some new blouses (several had become rags and had to be thrown out). I prefer cotton or linen, but have been unable to find any I liked. I also needed new trousers as one pair had a hole and another was getting very thin. The other day,…

How to spend a birthday

Well, how I spent mine, really! Started by going to the gym – it was my normal day to do so…. After lunch I went to the local garden centre cafĂ© for coffee/tea and cake. I had invited 12 people but five were not able to come for various reasons. That made eight of us,…

(Eventually) Finish Making a Skirt

About five and a half years ago I was trying to find a skirt to wear during warm weather, but I couldn’t find anything sensible, especially as I wanted pockets. It seems one has to wear dresses or cut-off trousers during the summer. In the end I decided I would have to make one, so…

Go to two pantomimes

It must be several years since I last went to a pantomime and then this year I managed two! The first was an amateur performance by “Bemerton Players” – a group of local people who get together to put on a pantomime each year. A friend wanted to go as she had helped with props…

Go to Frome for a “70th” Celebration

I received the invitation to the ” 70th celebration” in the summer and replied saying that I would go. This was from friends I made more than 40 years ago in Kenya. I decided that I wouldn’t want to drive back in the dark in November so at some stage in the autumn got round…

Help with Bible Lego club

This was a new venture by our church children’s worker and she needed someone to help – if it was to run. I thought I could probably cope with small children – Reception to year 3 – for about an hour on a Monday evening….. So what happens? We arrive about half an hour early…

(Little) Expeditions

A friend normally does poetry on a Thursday but the people who run the group were away for 3 weeks and the week before their holiday the topic was (I am told!) impossible. We decided we would have some days out while we were free and the weather had a chance of being good. The…

Go to a CAMRA presentation

A friend won a prize in a short story competition in “The Barrel Organ” the magazine of Salisbury & South Wilts CAMRA and asked me to go with them to collect it. It was to be collected from the Rai D’Or – a real ale and Thai food pub. It was fairly easy – we…

The last (I hope) reunion.

Yes, yet another university reunion, this one back at Warwick. It was supposed to happen 3 years ago – 50 years since we went up – but the pandemic got in the way so it became this year, (just over) 50 years since we graduated. A friend (well, I assume we are friends) gave me…

Get Hearing Aids

Have you noticed that people seem to be muttering and you are missing half of what is said during meetings? I did and realised that the problem was me and not others (mostly!) so I probably needed hearing aids. So I got an appointment – after about a month waiting – for a hearing test…