It’s that horrible time of year when winters damp and cold is hanging on between the odd few hours of sunshine to give us all a false sense of security.
Sunday comes, the Sun’s out, so people flock to the Garden Centres buying thier garden stuff only to go home and find the weather’s so dad […]

Daytime TV gives many people much joy and looking at most of them, you can see the reasons why.
They are fairly factual, appear to feature mainly ‘normal’ types and can show you what can be done - if you have the time, but more importantly, the money!
Homes Under the Hammer shows how someone can purchase […]

Tai Chi (Chuan) is an ancient Chinese way of co-ordinating the mind, body and spirit in forms of relaxing exercises.
The flowing and peaceful movements seem effortless and it’s for this reason that many people of all ages are benefiting from it all around the world.
In fact, I went to enrol for classes at my […]

I totally enjoy watching ‘Flog It’. It’s not the more up-market types who come on Antiques Roadshow probably knowing they have something worth £10,000 and want everyone to know (but isn’t it fun to see the faces when they find out it’s only worth £200 and say “Oh I’d never sell it anyway!).
Flog It, presented […]

I remember my Father telling me stories about his exploits in the Western Desert during WW2.
Every morning, or after every Battle, they would do a role call. The names would be called out to a loud “Here”. But all too often the name was called and no reply was heard.The ‘rule’ seemed to be that […]

I so desperately want to write about things which please me and make my days happy, but every time it’s a reasonable day, something brings out the miserable old git in me.
Today it’s ‘Breaking News’ on TV. I don’t actually watch it, but it’s usually on in the background so can’t avoid it.
At the moment […]