I hadn’t come across the word ‘jag’ until I started knitting, and heard other knitters describe themselves as being on ‘a sock jag’ or ‘a hat jag’. I looked it up and discovered it means a bout, or a spree. I always thought it was kind of odd: much as I enjoy knitting, say, a [...]
There’s no better day than a Cancer Free Friday to tell you about my visit to oncology, yesterday, because I heard the magic words ‘everything’s fine’ and got my ‘watchful waiting continues’ box ticked again. Oh yes I did.
Dr. Handsome (for it was he) was helpful and answered all of my questions: no sign of [...]
On Valentine’s Day, we had special guests for lunch: my husband Alan’s older brother Tom and his family. Tom and his wife drove down from their home in Scotland, Lynne their daughter up from where she lives in Lincoln.
We talked. We ate. We looked at family photographs and talked about the past.
Sounds nice enough, I [...]