Dipping Into The Water Butt

I went for a walk in the park today. It was a beautiful day and as I walked down by the little stream that runs through the woodland walk, a memory of another beautiful day came back to me. Paul was playing pooh-sticks… throwing them in and running along the stream as fast as he […]

I was 27 and living on a farm in the middle of nowhere. My son was 9 and I had a year old daughter.
The house was a right old ramshackle place – so much so that the bathroom was down in an old, dark and damp cellar, there was no hot water and the window […]

It’s the height of summer and everybody’s having fun. I’m wearing a bottle green satin skirt that’s long and very full. Thinking I’d be safe, I decided to go without knickers and let some air get to ‘things’.
Whoosh! A gust of wind sweeps in from the sea and my skirt’s lifted over my head. Everything […]

Majorca, about ten years ago. Me and the guy I was living with at the time were bored so we decided to walk through the bar during bingo wearing each other’s clothes.
Him: A bright orange shift dress, tights, silver sandals, full make-up – the works.
Me: Khaki knee-length shorts, a bloke’s t-shirt, bloke’s sandals and no […]

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 […]

Another memory pulled from the pot, this time with the aide of Richard, ex live-in partner, present… err… boyfriend? Well, some kind of relationship, anyhow
I can’t remember how long ago it was we met and I certainly can’t tell you when this happened, although I’m sure Richard will be able to. He’s always […]

I had another blog for a while that I was using purely to record my memories on. Eventually I decided that keeping two blogs was too time consuming and that I’d use this to record memories as well as rant, discuss, tell jokes, etc. The memoirs bit has kinda died off though and it was […]

My mum was on the phone the other day and during our conversation she reminded me of the story of her and the bomb. I was rolling up! Honestly, she had me laughing so much that tears were rolling down my cheeks! My mum’s like that, y’see. She can make anybody laugh and even though […]

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 […]

Yesterday I went Christmas shopping. I love it. Even though it’s expensive and leaves me wondering how I’m going to manage in January, I adore looking for presents and trying to find the right thing for the right person. That’s not always an easy task though, is it? I mean, we’ve all received a butt […]