As part of my winter holidays to The Homeland, I have been painting with a couple of my nephews. Although they have not been the…
Ah, Christmas is here. All twelve days of it. And, more importantly, all 12 days of Mum’s 12 Days of Christmas ornament project, which I’ve…
I am home for another Christmas holiday in The Homeland and looking forward to merriment, festive foods, and time with family and friends. And, of…
It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was starting my 2024 summer holidays, and now they are over and I’m back home in Scotland.…
Regular readers will know that I am “into” geocaching. My first geocache outing was in 2001 not long after the “sport” began, and I enjoyed…
The last couple of days have been spent camping and fishing with my Godson. It was his first time for both, and my first time…
I am on my summer holidays again and I’m really looking forward to a few weeks in the homeland with Daddy. It’s a little odd…
As part of my culinary goals, I am revisiting my culinary heritage by re-creating and re-imagining my family recipes. This post is about one of…
I sound like a broken record, but I’m on my Homeland Holidays again! This marks my third Christmas in a row in the homeland which…
And with that, another Homeland Holiday has ended. And, as always, I am left sad and heartbroken after leaving behind so many people who I…
Oh, how I love those lazy summer days of childhood. The days when there was no school and nothing to do but explore. Although now…
My latest crochet project is complete: A “nap blanket” for my father using wool from my mother’s vast collection that I inherited over the summer.…
Once again, my Homeland Holidays have come to an end, and I am slowly settling back into life in The Heartland. And, oh, how my…
Yesterday was the 4th of July, which means Independence Day in America. And that means parades, barbeques, fireworks, and for some of us, Fun Runs!…
My primary 2022 goal is to “seek answers, solutions, or improvement for life, the universe, and everything” – a goal set in part because 20+22=42.…
My mother’s funeral was yesterday. It began with a Rosary and ended with rifle fire. Just the way she would have wanted it. It’s still…
Trigger warning: This post recounts my time with my mother in the last hours and moments of her life. It might be an upsetting or…
My mother died on Monday, 24 January 2022 and I have missed her since her last breath left her body. I will miss her forever,…
It was inevitable, as they say. COVID19 has come home. I mean, it’s not come to my home, but it came to my youngest sister’s…
I built my first gingerbread house today, and I loved it! Not least because I built it with my darling Godson, whom I’ve not seen…