In Memoriam: Mya
Last night a friend called. She and her husband had to put their lovely young dog to sleep. Mya, a beautiful Doberman Pinscher. On Saturday, she was ill and her…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (June 26/11)
Lancashire Fusilier That was the most fabulous wedding I’ve ever seen on Corrie or any other show. Roy and Hayley on a Lancashire Fusilier. I can’t possibly pick one scene…
Rhubarb
If, like me, you’ve been watching your rhubarb plant get bigger and bigger but you don’t feel like making a pie or jam, here’s what you can do. Just cook…
Circus Cirque
We went to see Cirque du Soleil at London's John Labatt Centre recently. The show, Quidam, was fabulous. Also the first circus I’ve been to at the JLC with no…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (June 19/11)
Mary This week, Mary. She is wonderful. Scary and wonderful. Coronation Street has a treasure in her. I keep wishing she’d go away because she frightens me. But every scene…
The MINI Wave
I’ve noticed something this year, or rather the lack of something. MINI drivers in the London area are not waving at each other. Forest City MINI Club, get the word…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (June 12/11)
Baby Daddy Nick patting Natasha’s belly and cooing to the baby inside versus a couple months ago Nick asking Leanne if she didn’t sometimes picture herself and him and little…
Carrot Cake
My dog Jack loved carrots. For his 7th birthday, I made him a carrot cake from my mother-in-law’s recipe. He, and we, loved it. As you see, the cat did…
“Look at Bingy”: Alzheimer’s and Distraction
Frustration is part of Alzheimer’s and other age-related memory loss and dementia – frustration for the person themself and the people caring for or interacting with them. So distraction becomes…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (June 5/11)
The Accumulator A five race accumulator is a bet in which you pick the horses to win in five different races on a given race day. Your winnings compound from…
Car Music
I once had an old Chevy Monza hatchback, a 1975. It came with a banged-in fender that didn’t seem worth fixing. The rest of the body was so rusted that,…