Month: May 2011

  • It is true. I have not been in an aeroplane in 24 years and Mr P. has never flown (except in his dreams).  In 1978 I paid nearly £400 to fly to India ( I saved up for months as I was being paid about  £1 an hour working in the local supermarket). When I…

  • So Eurovision 2011 has been and gone. I am sorry, but I have to uncover yet another pet hate of mine. When a performer winks at the camera, I have to have a sick bag on hand. Yuk yuk yuk! And  all you  lovely Americans  need not  pretend you don’t know what I am talking about,…

  •  The gloomy skies are back in London. So a little reminder of the loveliness of rain! This I took from outside my back door. Rainbows are just such  magical things, always make me feel hopeful. I never am able to walk on by when there is one in the sky. There is something about having…

  • …and what a wonderful time I had. Interesting thing, the fact that in our society we tend to think that song writing is something that only the ‘good and the great’ can attempt, but in the old days everyone had a song, and so much news was transferred by song.We also have ideas about what…