I am downsizing. I got a job last week. I am having to swallow hard and remind myself that I…

The first 2 months back in England were really just taken up with visiting family – Edinburgh, Wales, Wiltshire, Bordeaux,…

You got eldest son this time. Again, totally not stumped – just amused! Well, I didn’t get the job/s –…

  I am sorry there isn’t a happy ending. I am sorry there isn’t even a satisfactory ending. By the…

  I had a great Christmas and New Year with A*, J2 and FP. It was quite precious to have…

Two 18 year old German girls have turned up to volunteer at S’s centre following A’s departure. Their mother also…

J1 decided he was not coming out with the others. He was travelling a lot with the marines and a…

Esala Perahera is supposed to be the big thing and rooms are gold dust so let’s hope it was worth…

On the evening of J2’s birthday, December 7th 2010, I heard some news that may mean my life has turned…

Another project as part of my, ‘why do you keep your public buildings locked?’ strategy is getting a public grain…

3   I am writing this in a hotel in the political capital, Yaounde, coming back from a trip to…

Last week it was GICs, this week it was GICs and wells and wells of tears metaphorically. There are basically…