I am not a big Christmas person, but this year it has been particularly unpleasant.  For the last ten days I have been pretty ill with a head and throat cold.  It is my own fault really.  I was suffering from what I thought was bronchitis for the whole of August.  As it turned out, I had [...]

When I was younger we lived in a small town.  My mother stayed at home and raised three kids, and yet we had a succession of maids.  I’m not sure how many there were (well, one at a time), what they were called, exactly what they did, and whether they were part-time or full-time (the [...]

Summer is here and the heat has arrived.  Once in a while a day might be overcast, and there may even be a light drizzle.  But his is mentally crowded out by the heat, at least in my mind while my mind is situated in my living room.  The local owner’s association has organized a [...]