by jude bayton | Jul 8, 2010 | Beauty
You should see how gray my hair is nowadays…..yesterday I was getting into my car outside the butcher’s shop, clutching a bag of hot links like they were my new lover, when one of my neighbours from a year ago spotted me. I really don’t like her...
by jude bayton | Jun 28, 2010 | Gardening, Gump
My husband and I have been busy planting in our yard, this is our first year at the house, so it has been an education. I take care of the flowers, he takes care of the veggies, and we are a little competitive about whose garden is doing the best. However, both our...
by jude bayton | Jun 23, 2010 | Health
You know, I remember old people talking about corns, bunions (which I thought was some kind of onion rolls) and hammer toes. I always thought it was quite yucky to see those freaks of nature, sticking out of the end of one of my elder female relatives’...
by jude bayton | Jun 21, 2010 | Holidays
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day. They are usually good because we women plan them. We always remember to buy a card…..we always buy a gift that is wanted, and usually useful. We cook favourite dinners, meals and we give them a day to...
by jude bayton | Jun 14, 2010 | Gardening, Gump
What is the deal with men and growing vegetables? Women can give birth to a new human being, and a man might cry one tear and feel fullfilled as the head of a family. But a man that can produce a squash, a spinach head or a tomato becomes the Alpha, the bull of the...
by jude bayton | Jun 8, 2010 | Opinion
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I feel so happy. I am a veritable Mother Teresa throughout the day. I help people, I am everyone’s personal therapist, mother, daughter, mentor, teacher, rabbi, priest……And then there are the days that I awaken...
by jude bayton | Jun 2, 2010 | Sadness
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the loss of a dear friend. I am so sad today, because I have lost another friend. This darling man was called Alec, and he died 3 days ago at the age of 32. Alec was a history buff, I nicked-named him “Baron Von...
by jude bayton | Jun 1, 2010 | Relationships, Travel
I hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day – We went on a road trip to Lake Charles, Louisiana for my husband’s 40th re-union of a ninth grade class. I am a British native, so every time I venture somewhere new within this vast continent, I find it...
by jude bayton | May 26, 2010 | Relationships
Darlene is my friend. We have worked together for the past ten years. Darlene is the typical Southern girl in my eyes. She has a drawl that gets about three inches longer with every margarita she drinks. She is sassy, and she can talk to a brick wall and make it feel...
by jude bayton | May 25, 2010 | Beauty
Today I have on no make-up. I am at work, so the general public gets to see a 50 year old woman, with grey hair (and some blonde bits at the end where it is still growing out), wrinkles and a scary face….. As I get older, make-up seems to look a lot harsher. I...