Dipping Into The Water Butt

I’ve just visited Norway for the first time in 6 years. I’d put off going back because I knew it would hurt because I miss the place so much but with my daughter living out there I couldn’t keep putting it off forever. Now that I’ve done it once, I can’t wait to do it […]

I read something the other day about male/female friendships and how we generally choose friends of the opposite sex that are relatively equal to us, not only when it comes to intelligence, sense of humour etc,  but also when it comes to what they look like. Apparently we don’t like to be seen with a […]

We were twelve and we were in love. Yes, I know it isn’t the same as the love we feel as adults but everything’s relative to experience and I’m telling you, WE WERE IN LOVE!
Football in the yard, a smashed hairbrush, snogging in the attic room, nicking beer out of the bottle room, long telephone […]

Charlene’s staying with us at the moment and let me tell you now, she’s a right little giggler. I’ve never known anybody to be on such a natural high as she has been since coming here to visit. Anyway, we’ve been chatting about past times and one of the stories she loves the most is […]

Another quickie (I’m starting to enjoy these quickies now!).
Carol popped over earlier to do a spot of online shopping (a girl still needs groceries even when she’s convalescing) and after reading the comments on the post about her being in hospital said to tell you that she felt incredibly touched by the care you’ve all […]

I promised those of you who ‘know’ Carol that I’d keep you updated regarding her health.
She had surgery on Wednesday to remove her gall bladder but as it was stuck to her liver, the surgeon wasn’t able to remove it via keyhole surgery so she had a big cut instead. That means that instead of […]

It’s 01:22 and I’m piddled.
News? Yes, of course it is. I’m not supposed to be able to be piddled.
I had my big bowel (what’s that bit called? Can’t bloody remember!) removed some years ago (can’t remember how many at the moment either) and was told that for me to get drunk again I’d need to […]

Since mentioning that I’ve been homeless in the past, I’ve had a couple of people contact me asking about the story. One person was very cautious - she said she’d done some research into homelessness while at Uni and would understand if I found it embarrassing or difficult to talk about because quite often it’s […]

Have you been on The Inner Minx? What do you mean, what is it? It’s a blog, you clod! A blog! Just like this one, only different. And yes, I know that’s sort of oxymoron-ish but let’s not get technical, eh?
The Inner Minx is also a person. She’s also a very good writer. How do […]

We had a few holidays in Hastings when I was a teenager, one of which was spent at Coombe Haven Caravan Park, a typical holiday park just outside of what was once an old fishing town but was then a thriving holiday resort, far more so than it is today.
The caravan we’d hired was one […]