My brother's birthday today. This time last year I knew nothing of him. He came to me via Susan and his grand-daughter when she posted a...

My shopping habits are just that — very predictable. Most of the shops I regularly use can be found in what I call my very own 'Beeston...

An email recently exchanged with a friend set me thinking about simple everyday mass produced things which give me pleasure; which I look at...

Life at the moment is full of contradictions. I was recently reminded by my hospital doctor that I am terminally ill (with ideopathic lung d...