
Two years ago we were visiting Sal (Cape Verde), and on the first night of our holiday, discovered the local turtle hatchery and conservation centre on the beach. On our return to […]
Two years ago we were visiting Sal (Cape Verde), and on the first night of our holiday, discovered the local turtle hatchery and conservation centre on the beach. On our return to […]
I was going to call this piece ‘Cats & Holidays’ but that would suggest I am going on a ‘cat holiday’. I’m not. I wish I were. Apparently there is a ‘cat […]
It is October already… and have to admit I struggle with this time of year. Summer is over and I love the summer, but now the colder days are looming, the nights are getting […]
I originally wrote this post (or a version of it), three years ago. My children, (children? they are now 25 and 22! ) have now left university, but every year around this […]
Having finally accepted that it was unlikely that we would get to holiday overseas this year, we decided on a staycation, and opted for The North Norfolk coast, having never been there […]
I have always quite liked my name. Not absolutely loved it you understand, (I always fancied being named “Cally” for some reason), but certainly not hated it. Apparently, I was almost a […]
💙☀️Question: What does it mean to be a woman in her mid fifties in 2021? 💙☀️For me, being a woman of 55 means having a strong sense of my own identity, being […]
It’s International Cat Day today, and what a perfect day to take a minute to appreciate our wonderful feline friends, and not only what they mean to us, but what we can […]
I think its pretty safe to say that I have changed a lot over the last few years. Life’s ups and downs have meant that I have adapted to new circumstances, situations […]
If there is one thing I would alter about my life, it would be that, as a younger person, I had more self esteem. I spent so many years worrying about how […]