It was with much relief that I learned my daughter’s troubled house move had finally taken place and she was in her new home with the much-loved house bunnies. They had travelled well by all accounts. The new crescent moon shone happily down on them all. It does beg the question as to how …
w/e 19 April
Well, what a way to end the week. As if last week’s musical extravaganza was not enough, we were treated to a new opera production from Iryna Ilnytska’s Exeter Opera Group. This time she produced a wonderful version of Rossini’s opera Cenerentola (the girl in the cinders…). The show erupted in a cascade of …
w/e 12 April
Musicals, meteorite, and the Moon What a week! We kicked off with an early glimpse of emerging bluebells up at Hembury Hill Fort with superb views across to Dartmoor. The sun was bright and warm. Spring was definitely in the air. Sidmouth Musical Theatre wowed a full house on their opening night with …
w/e 5 April
Joy of joys I discovered that the ice-skating world championships are available via BBC iplayer. What a shame they are not broadcast on mainstream TV, so much talent on display, not least from the two British teams 😊. Given my love for the Moon, I am surprised that the news of a successful …
w/e 29 March
And another thing says the grumpy old woman…why oh why are we persisting with ‘putting the clocks forward’. There is much evidence as to its disruptive nature and I, for one, really rail against the mismatch between the time and the solar position. All of a sudden, we are catapulted into lighter evenings while …
Riding the Rails
w/e 22 March – Riding the Rails This week’s bulletin is all about the long weekend from Friday to Monday, so strictly speaking this is w/e 23 March! ‘Busy’. That is the one word which sums up the area we visited. Busy, built up, and big. It was bewildering as so much had …
w/e 15 March
Saddened by reading on the BBC News website that hereditary peers are to be phased out. They are politically neutral, have inherited lots of land and property many of whom have given a lot to society over the years, and by being in the House of Lords I think instils a sense of having …
International Women’s Day
Can't do better than to include my report from last night's performance of Carmen by the amazing Iryna Ilnytska: EXETER OPERA GROUP ‘CARMEN’ AT TEIGNMOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL “It can’t get better than this!” exclaimed Barry. And yet, each performance by this talented group of singers does get better each time. From the opening bars of …
1st March
It’s sobering to realise that last week saw the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. My poor Ukrainian friend saw her family home in the Donetsk area, bombed, could not visit her parents there but had to go to Kiev, had a daughter, married, all without her family on hand. She fundraises tirelessly for …
w/e 22 February
I am a lizard. At last! The sun has climbed high enough up in the sky to beam into our little sunlounge. Where lounging in the sun has to be done. It is so nice to feel the warmth of the sun on one’s back when out for a stroll. More and more flowers …
Karen Hedges 