The calendar year ends this week and it's usually a time for looking back and looking forward. A couple of lovely things happened in the...

Books have played such a huge part throughout my life I could not let this seventieth year pass without at least one post dedicated to...

Na tional No vel Wri ting Mo nth I signed up to write the first draft of a novel = 50,000 words - during November. The first draft is not...

One thing I love about retirement is being able to go on holiday when I want to and not when my job dictates, nor my children's school...

My name is Jane. On my next birthday, near the beginning of 2025, I will be seventy years old. I'm the one on the right in the picture,...