Over Easter, Kay and Darcy came to stay with me a couple of nights. On Good Friday we went out to my favourite Italian restaurant where I always order the same thing - Razza or, as we English say, skate wing. You never see that fish in supermarkets and can only get it in fishmongers. Few restaurants ever have it on their menu either, so it is  real treat for me to have i...

The continuation of the alcoholic saga which was first written in 2008 with some minor amendments.....

He has not always been an alcoholic. We were married in 1976 and knew one another for 5 years before we married, so we were together in total for 39 years when he died in 2010 . We met as students studying German at university and we married in the very hot and humid s...

I couldn't let April Fool's Day (admittedly yesterday) go by without posting this clip from a television programme back in 1957. It was aired on a programme called Panorama - which still exists today - and covers all manner of topics but always serious and political.  This particular item was broadcast on 1 April 1957. The date should have given a clue to its authenticit...

This week, I am starting gruelling dental treatment to fill a gap where a tooth was removed during the Covid pandemic. I find it hard to chew on that side and sought out a local specialist dentist who does implants. He has glowing reviews on his website.  He took a CT scan of my mouth and did measurements and declared that he didn't feel confident doing an implant, as th...

This week saw me taking myself off to Eastbourne for a few days. I booked into my favourite hotel on the seafront. I just fancied a change of scene from rainy London and to be fair, I swapped it for the very sunny seaside town on the South coast. I know Eastbourne like the back of my hand, as my parents moved there, once they retired, and I used to visit regularly. When my fa...