Life with cats, and other things…
0643/23rd August 2023 First thing this morning I thought we had smoke again, but it was nothing more than heavy mist. A report from the fires in Maui quoted a couple whose house had unaccountably been spared. They said they felt guilty about their good fortune. Guilt is the wrong emotion, but I do know … Continue reading “It”
1552/5th August 2023 August 6th is a day that cannot slip by unnoticed. I was not alive to experience that day in 1945 and it is not possible to imagine how I might have felt. Strangely, I never asked my parents about it, never heard them speak of it. . Six years of world war … Continue reading August 6th
1st June 2021 Yesterday I mentioned a lady who was afraid of birds. She was a close friend of my mother. They endured WW2 together in London, though I hardly heard either of them speak of it. Her name was May Petrie. My brother and I called her Aunty May. She always looked very smart, … Continue reading Remembering May
Thanks for the long road I have travelled It may seem a little strange, but I am thankful to have been born in 1948. WW2 had been over, almost 3 years when I was born. But we lived in London till I was 8 and the wreckage was still very evident when I was a … Continue reading Tuesday thanks
This was November 10th last year..... .....and this was November 14th last year: Crisp and even. The following week it was deep. . This was Nov. 8th, 2020 Temperature: 75 F Long term predictions are for "less snow" than usual. Coldest period mid-December to mid-January with snowfalls expected in December/January and early March. This was … Continue reading Days of old