Love, and all that Jazz

Valentine’s day is fast approaching and the retailer’s are bringing out the usual paraphernalia associated with it in the hope of making a buck or two. Sounds cynical huh? Well, I must admit that the notion of Valentine’s day has never really turned my crank. In fact, when I was [...]

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Stepping up to the Plate

My Aunt died last week. That leaves only one uncle of that generation on my Mother’s side of the family. It is likewise the case on my Dad’s side. Mother, father, aunts and uncles as well as grandparents who are long gone. My sister and I are pretty much left with only two uncles between [...]

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New Beginnings

I am about to launch my youngest son into the world again. I guess I never really got to do it properly the first time. He was ten then and he was going to live with his dad and stepmother three thousand miles away. Letting go of him at that age carried its’ own special [...]

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I Don’t Like Fish

The older I get the more like my mother I become. She was notorious for repeating herself and I seem to have fallen into the habit of constantly reminding my family how much I don’t like eating fish, worrying perhaps that they are going to forget and serve me a huge plate of it for [...]

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