'Give it a year and a day' 'It'll be easier once you've got through all those firsts' 'Life goes on' Our las...

There are a couple of things niggling me at the back of my mind that I'm worrying about at the moment. Things I have no control over, bu...

Triggers Every Monday morning sometime between 7.40 and 8am the bin lorry arrives. One week is the black bin, general waste for landfill, th...

I know it is for me. But is it useful for anyone else these days? I started on Social media in the days when social media was just starting ...

This post was written in September. Things have changed dramatically since I scheduled it, with our world being turned upside down with our ...

It would've been my Father's 85th birthday on the 7th of September. He died aged 77. This is one of my favourite photo's taken o...

I may have pinched this title from a James Bond film, but it is what keeps popping into my head when I think about death. I don't think ...

Such a privilege to witness this change in history. So sad to hear of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the end of an era and all I've ev...

Last night over Prague we hit a patch of turbulence, it was that rough that the cabin crew didn't even have time to put the trollies awa...

I thought we'd got through all the 1sts since my father died suddenly on July 11th last year, until my birthday on June 26th, the moment...

Both a sad start and end to this UK trip, arriving for my SIL's funeral and leaving 2 days after the death of my Uncle. This happened in...

It's been a crap week. For those who've been reading my blog for a while, thank you for sticking with me as it's been all doom a...

It's a sad post to end 2017 with. It's not been a sad year, there have been some great times, in fact 2017 started very well with Pe...