I thought I would write about the end of the year, but the Devil suggests we might be taking excess baggage in to 2015.  I have been trying to think of my major achievements in 2014, of course there are a few, writing a book has to be a big one as I never thought myself much of a writer, [...]

Today I visited an aunt who is suffering with early stage dementia, it was a good day for her and I was pleased that she was very lucid and to some degree her old self. I have been thinking about her all day, and I fondly remembered when I was about 6 years old, her and my uncle took me [...]

It has been a terrible week, the news from Sydney about those poor hostages being held in the Lindt Café, and yesterday the tragic news of the Taliban opening fire in a school in Pakistan killing over 100 children.  Too many times the beauty of this world is clouded by such evil acts, things that touch us all wherever we [...]

Everything is going really well, even Christmas is under control, so a bit of a surprise to wake this morning in the middle of a panic attack.  As my friend Cathi would say ‘Deep breff Kim, deep breff.   Pulled myself together and started to look at why I was worrying, I have a mega busy year ahead and taking a [...]

On Black Friday I found myself in our local new Sainsbury’s which has just opened, I only went in for a loaf of bread and came out with a 32” TV, well at £79.99 it was too good to miss and I didn't even have to have a fight to get it, I just strolled around at leisure.   The only problem [...]