With Easter falling towards the beginning of this month, the month began with a hefty amount of baking. I tried again to make a traditional Greek Easter loaf which involves plaiting strands of dough. It was a little more successful than a previous attempt, but not by much. The pretty boiled eggs placed within it …
February Reflections
There were many reports at the beginning of this month about labour shortages, over 55s taking early retirement, furloughed people and working-from-home-during-the-Pandemic people not returning to offices, and an increase in the number of people claiming benefits. I am among the many feeling aggrieved by the rise in the state pension age…my formal retirement …
January Reflections
This month saw me settle back into Honiton where I had lived for a few years prior to moving to Exeter. It felt like coming home and I received a warm welcome from people who recognised me. Having moved in just before Christmas meant there was a delay before getting work done on the …
Joy of Joys
Oh, joy of joys, I thought, as my hand felt the radiator and it was Hot. Very hot. Yesterday, the rental cottage was cold and we had so much washing from our holiday and recent move. We left our old house, it has to be said with a sigh of relief, as it was old …
Space Day
Enjoyed a really great day at the Hive in Worcester where there were many exhibitors including myself, showing spacey things, talking space and loving every minute of it! People loved my activity of putting a sticky dot where they thought the solar system is in the Milky Way. That was on Saturday, today, Tuesday there …
10 September 2022
Still reeling from the news of the passing of surely the greatest monarch in our history, it is timely to look to the future, to a future where peace is essential for the wellbeing of our planet, a future where space science may reveal more about Earth than we can ever dream of. …
…blogging again!
Holed up indoors, riding out the extreme heat, seems a good time to continue with my blog. I have too many diaries and notebooks on the go as I have been keeping a diary although not updating this blog. There has been much in the news about women and work recently. I was a full …
w/e 23 January 2022
The senseless shooting of an innocent man overrode everything this week. A colleague of my daughter, this was too close to home. No words.
w/e 16 January 2022
A hearty start to the week with a delicious treat of a meal out in a local Beefeater restaurant to celebrate a birthday. At least we had earned this with an early morning swim on the same day. Tuesday saw me reach ridiculous levels of excitement when, at long last, the issue of …
The beginning of the Year 2022
What better way to start the new year than with a dip in the sea. There was a real feeling of camaraderie when I joined in jumping the somewhat rough waves with a group of people already enjoying the sea. I must confess to being somewhat alarmed when a big wave knocked me off …
Karen Hedges 