Eclectic Magpie

 For many people, this will be the first Christmas when they have been able to do what they used to do after the restrictions of covid have ...

When the cat next door decides she wants fussing, there's little I can do except capitulate and obey. Who ever said cats don't rule ...

  I slept well last night. It was a deep, contented sleep because I had been outside the back door and had my secateurs in my hand. With hel...

 I'm a keen gardener. This is the busiest time of the year save Spring when its sowing seeds and preparing ground ready for planting out...

Mm. Not something I would suggest anyone try, breaking your ankle, but I wish I wasn't so clumsy! At least that's what I was always ...

It's only just September and I can just about cope with walking past Halloween stuff but when the firework cabinet is stocked with the b...

Sitting here in the restaurant on board ship, I watch the others around me. All are of similar ages, some older, some, a few, a great deal o...

Its hot already and three nights of tropical heat with no aircon has left me somewhat ratty. Waking really early I decided the best use of t...

Strange how age and circumstance can change us. Prior to the onslaught of the pandemic I felt relatively secure within my place in the world...

  There's a phrase which states we are the sum product of our upbringing. I'm not sure if I agree with the narrowness of that statem...

Imagine sitting in the garden to listen to nothing but the birds and reading a book.  Imagine having that superseded by next door's powe...