It’s just bloody hot!

It’s just bloody hot!

One of the lovely gifts that going through menopause has brought to my life is the new ability to sweat. Not glisten, not perspire, just plain old good honest sweat. The kind that makes you feel as though you could cook a fried egg on your more than adequate belly and...
Nana’s in the Hood

Nana’s in the Hood

I have recently returned from the wilds of Colorado, where I have been baby-sitting grandchildren, cooking fish-sticks and chicken nuggets. I have watched both the ‘Angrybirds’ and ‘Minions’ movies and I’ve also become quite an expert critic of Disney shows...
Barbara Dorothy Bayton

Barbara Dorothy Bayton

Today is a poignant day in my life. It marks the second year of the day my mother died. It’s hard to be funny today, something almost disrespectful in trying to be amusing. I know many of you have lost your mothers, or your fathers, or both. Some of you may have even...