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Have now finished reading through Michael J Fox’s new memoir for the second time. It is entitled Always looking up: The adventures of an incurable optimist. It taught me a lot about American politics, Parkinson’s Disease and being hopeful.  There … Continue reading →

Took a walking stick with me on a recent walk and found it a big help – especially for pointing at things! Incidentally, can it really be September? That means it is autumn.

What you don’t want to see when you’re making the bed is a spider running out of the covers. Now I know it is getting colder at night but that is beyond the pale.

The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n John Milton

Saw Bolt – (the wonder dog), recently. Do follow the link, it is worth it just to see the expression in the dog’s eyes. Excellent Disney animation. Even better – look at the youtube trailer. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBR0UeY6g8]

Ensuring that Misty does not go rushing out into the garden barking furiously has become quite a pantomime. It involves much soft-spoken entreaties of “Quietly” and “Gently” and stroking of raised hackles. It is becoming reasonably successful, but it takes … Continue reading →

It isn’t often that a novel sends you rushing to the web to look up Quantum physics – but such is the power of Danny Scheinmann’s Random Acts of Heroic Love that you can’t help it. At least I can’t. … Continue reading →

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