My husband seems to like penguins. Two years in a row he’s bought virtually identical penguin-based Christmas cards. Knowing he’s a softie, like me, and can’t resist teddies and suchlike, I bought him a...
Book Review: Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben Hatch
You know when you read a book and think, I wish I’d written that? This is such a book. Damn you, Ben Hatch. Ben and his wife Dinah accept the formidable task of travelling round...
Whistling Carols and yet another round of Arthritic Charades
We did that thing couples do at Christmas; agree not to buy each other anything and then worry as the 25th approaches that someone is reneging on the deal. I realised by the middle...
Who needs a stocking when you can have a Liebster Award for Christmas.
Christmas came a few days early for me with a very nice comment on my blog from The Whining Diner and Wellfedfred letting me know I was the recipient of a Liebster blog award. I...
That Business with the King of Holbeach …
I was asked by the Deputy Head of Rory’s former primary school, Ayscoughfee Hall, where I’m still a governor, to help them with the staff Christmas Panto. Of course, I said, I’d be happy...
Christmas Card, 1949: The King’s School, Peterborough
In 1949, when my dad was 15, he designed the card above which was selected by his school, The King’s School, Peterborough, for their Christmas card that year. I remember seeing the card quite often over the...
Tits and Teeth, Darling!
Well that was an eventful weekend. As you know from my ‘Haemorrhoid City’ post, Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society were asked to entertain the shoppers on Saturday and Sunday in the town centre....
One Short Day in the Haemorrhoid City
How to ruin a good song for everyone. One Short Day from the musical Wicked is on our set list for the Christmas concert our AmDram group are performing in Spalding town centre this weekend....