Family rooms in hotels are essential when you have little ones but when your children are older, being all cosy together has distinct disadvantages. Our 15 year old son has no wish to sleep...
Dad’s memories of the war
Over on the new blog, Memoirs of John Michael Grinsell, I have typed up some of Dad’s memories of the war. He was five when it began. There are also some photos – I have...
Getting cracking on the new blog
In my last post I explained I would be writing a separate blog, Memoirs of John Michael Grinsell, using the recollections my dad had written before he died earlier this year. I’ve been overwhelmed...
A Tribute to Dad – A New Blog
My dad began to write his memoirs about ten years ago and, at the time, I suggested I type them up for him. The pair of us began this process with great enthusiasm: I...
Box of Frogs in the Kitchen
You just know when something feels right. That’s just what happened when I visited a local gallery at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, to see a friend’s mosaic exhibition, A Touch of Glass. The exhibition,...
A Pain in the Neck
This may well be a very short post. I’m typing it standing up, the only position I can gain some relief from a very painful neck. Sitting down, even on a comfy sofa, never mind...
60 Day Makeover – The Kitchen Reveal
I think you’ve waited long enough. I wrote about the upheaval of putting in our new kitchen some weeks ago and apart from a few little photos showing how things were progressing, you haven’t...
I’ve been given the cold shoulder
It happened first in 2008 for months: now it’s happened again. I can’t understand it. I didn’t do anything wrong, can’t think what might have caused it but I do know that it’s painful...