Miss Mona, Shy, Angel and Jewel. Dressing room. Well we did it. Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society performed The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas for the first time last night. A smallish audience...
Mum’s Gone to Fetch the Gin
The nerves are taking hold. Last night was the final rehearsal for the Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society’s musical ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’. This weekend we move everything to the theatre, the...
The Gallery – Men – Son, Husband and Old Geezer
This photo is such a favourite of mine. Taken in Toronto, 2008, here you see my lovely boy, Rory, accompanied by his dad, and my hubby, Dougie. But who’s the old bloke beside them?...
Mum’s Gone to the Musicals – Whores and Dorothys
I’m living a life in musicals at the moment. As all of you must know by now, as I’ve gone on about it frequently enough, I’m rehearsing for a local production of The Best...
The Gallery – Dinan, France
Tara at Sticky Fingers has asked us to share a part of the world we live in: somewhere we may have been or where we currently live. I have shown you our fenland daffodils recently...
Mum’s Gone to Catalunya
Today I’m guest posting over at Very Bored in Catalunya while she is home in Nottingham. Pop over there to read a very romantic story. I’d love to hear what you think.
Mum’s Gone to The Races
I’ve always enjoyed a day at the races ever since I was a little girl going to Redcar on the North East coast. My family would join lots of others on a coach which picked...
We are family…
I blame my mother. Well we all do. Mothers are always reminding you of long-lost relatives you’ve never heard of. The conversation usually goes like this: “You remember Auntie So and So, the one...