by jude bayton | Oct 16, 2020 | Age, Animals, British, Family, Food, Gump, Health, Relationships, Writing
photo copyright redbus llc. I’m getting grumpy. I suppose it’s a natural occurrence as I grapple with my sixties, unwanted hair in the wrong places, and much wanted hair falling out of all the important places. Toss in a measure of Covid, the political...
by jude bayton | Sep 2, 2020 | Animals, British, Family, Food, Gump, Opinion, Relationships, Writing
How has more than a month gone by since I last posted a blog? My sense of time has completely evaporated, along with my penchant for a dust-free house. Who can blame me? The only people to dust for are Gump and Scout the wonder dog. Yeah, there’s motivation, right?...
by jude bayton | May 6, 2020 | Age, British, Employment, Family, Gump, Opinion, Relationships, Writing
After the storms…… Just like that, another month has flown by. We’ve gone from isolation to sterilization and now, in some places, demonstration. Blimey. What a mess. As I write this – there are more than 72,000 lost souls to this pandemic in the USA. I...
by jude bayton | Jun 22, 2017 | British, Food
In the thirty plus years I’ve lived in the USA, I’ve long heard Americans joke about British food. There are two predominant comments. British food is ‘bland’ and ‘has no seasoning/flavour How can you eat kidney pie? (This is a misconception. Small pieces of kidney...
by jude bayton | Apr 7, 2017 | Age, British, Gump
This week I got to be eleven. I went with two dear friends to see the movie ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ It was like role reversal for me. Back a hundred years ago, I went to an ‘R’ rated movie (A Clockwork Orange) when I was 14….and they thought I was 18 (it...
by jude bayton | Feb 2, 2017 | British, Gump, Travel
It’s so difficult to write this as I am having trouble containing my excitement….Beyoncé (she is so famous, that her name is in this program’s dictionary) is having twins….wow! Seriously?……this is the important news of today? Look, I’m no expert, and I must not use...
