Monthly Archives: October 2023

Reader, we bought it . . . This car is on the forecourt at Wilsons Motors at the moment. Might it replace the two cars we have at the moment ? Wilson Motors, 97 St Mary’s Street, DG6 4EL 01557 … Continue reading →

Went to bed with a mildly sore right shoulder, due, no doubt to yesterday’s injection – but what went in the right side ? I am sure the Nurse said it at the time, but do I remember ? – … Continue reading →

Todays activities and expectations . . . Successes Get up at 7.30 am, go to local Hospital at 9.30 am and receive Flu and Covid vaccinations from nice Nurse. Go to local electrical shop and pay for new microwave and … Continue reading →

 I was quietly dozing over my laptop just after midday when some sixth sense made me look up – and – Lo ! – out of a side window I could see a neighbour’s dormer window roof shredding itself in … Continue reading →

I think it rained here in SW Scotland overnight, but I wasn’t spending a lot of time looking out of the window in the dark – but certainly the window was well splashed with wet. But by morning the rain … Continue reading →

The weather forecasters have warned us and warned us and warned us about Storm Babet -and it certainly looks as though parts of the east coast of Scotland are going to get a good wetting. And yet – and yet … Continue reading →

On my way into town this afternoon, for my monthly blood letting – why take blood OUT when you have a low haemoglobin level I ask myself – I noticed that our garage of choice, which has had red cones … Continue reading →

I opened my eyes. he clock said 5.45 am or thereabouts – I wasn’t too switched on at that point. The alarm was set for 6.00 am so I lay and watched the time count down and then switched it … Continue reading →

We have, alas, been off the air for a few days due to a technical hitch now solved with the assistance of Heart Internet support – to whom, many thanks.

Pleasant and amusing reading by a very observant lady. Short stories – really quite short, but very effective – by a lady writing during World War 2. One of Persephone Books imprints.