Life with cats, and other things…
30th December 2025 Writing about Thimphu accelerated the story a few years which is likely a good thing, especially since that is when the most significant of "complications" came into being, though I must back up a little bit... My father died in 2005, leaving me enough money to move once more. I liked the … Continue reading Meetings
0823/5th December Today, we can see the hills and we must be grateful for small improvements. A bit of mist creates beautiful images but when it hangs around it feels claustrophobic, though this is nothing like the fog I remember from my early childhood in London. . It clung to every surface with its cold … Continue reading Fog
0649/6th February 2022 "Willow's just walked by with a mouse" said Grant as I was finishing my tea. Always a good start to the day. With nothing of note to photograph, I've gone back a few days. It's Super Bowl Sunday here which is a really big deal if you are a follower of American … Continue reading Odd ball?
For the past few weeks I have felt anxiety building up. It wasn't overwhelming, but certainly something was amiss. I decided it must be related to an appointment I had on January 9th with our government friends at the Social Security Administration. Ah, government bureaucracy. Don't you love it? No. When you retire, the amount … Continue reading IT’S THE LAW!
Some bad news I received yesterday about a good friend's 3rd and 4th stroke took me back to the time at the beginning of 1999 when I lost my beloved aunty Kay. Kay and Ray, the aunt and uncle that I lived with until 1976, retired in 1977 and moved to a property they had … Continue reading In the Sticks