As readers will know, I have made efforts to take part in poetry readings, with varying degrees of success. One of my resolutions for this year was to do better, so booked onto a one-day…
View PostJust back from 5 days in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. In my last post I mentioned urgent need for sun. This was our attempt to get some. It was not successful. Before Battleaxe starts slagging…
View PostWell, I know what the old wives meant by that phrase… Battleaxe feels oppressed by this January. We have had a few sunny days, but also what feels like endless rain, strong winds, dank misty…
View PostYesterday, I went to my first Silver Swans ballet class, for over-55 beginners. You may well ask, what on earth is going on? What is it all about? Have I ever done such a thing…
View PostFirst post of 2018, and a quick recommendation. We drove up to Birmingham over New Year, and as usual, stopped at Beaconsfield Services. It is a positive Hades of a place, a hideously crowded, squalid,…
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