August 2018 How the chickens saved my life (part I) This blog post is dedicated to Annie, my mentor, who first encouraged me to write about my chickens. We had 5 ex-battery hens ā we got them in September 2017 after a serious of seemingly random events led us to them. I’d fancied chickens for […]
Iāve loved all of RuPaulās Drag Race, firstly the UK series, and then the US seasons going back 14 years. It took a bit to get used to the US seasons, a culture shock if you like, but fascinating watching the changes over 14 years, the beginning of surgery procedures – lips, cheekbones and asses […]
There are moments in your life when you feel your heart crack open. For some people itās looking at a baby but thatās not me Iām afraid, I would have run a mile from a baby in my past life. Though now I can actually stand still in their presence and appreciate the magnificence of […]
Iāve been trying to write for several weeks now. I have numerous good stories Iām keen to finish off but I just canāt get my head organised, itās easier to start a new blog than finish off an old one. Just seem to be getting stuck with finding the point of it all. Canāt pull […]
Weāve been mis-sold a sofa. Two sofas. Thatās really the only word for it after everything thatās happened. Turns out you canāt get them wet. Not even damp, as it permanently ruins the pile and effectively stains the sofa. Sterling Furniture UK, Tillicoultry, recipients of well over Ā£15,000 of our hard-earned cash over the years […]
Iām doing my tax. Because this is the first year Iāve made any money in the guesthouse this is the first time I have to claim all the expenses of the build etc. Iāve been picking my way through all the categories and trying to understand why one thing is claimable and another is not. […]
Our society is obsessed with truth. We hold sacred the truth for the good of all. I am no exception. If I discover even a mild deception, my immediate reaction is to condemn that person to death. I just donāt understand why anyone would lie. No, thatās not true, I can see why they would, […]
Days pass and each day I think today I will write my eulogy to you. And still days pass. It’s not that I can’t think of what to say, no. It’s quite the contrary. There is so much to say to you. There’s nothing that you don’t know, but this isn’t really for you is […]
Gary said, of my last blog āwhy do you always write about such misery?ā I tried to think of the happy things I could write about, and despite my apparently miserable content, there are many, many happy things I could write about, but there is also a lot to offload too. And since heās not […]
This topic has been bouncing around in my head for a few weeks. I missed my self-imposed deadline of writing every 2 weeks because Iāve been trying, oh so hard, trying to be kinder to myself. To recognise all the rules I have made for myself. And to give myself permission to break them, or […]
