'Here is the heart of Ganseydom on Earth' - Aragorn
Firstly, thank you all for your get well wishes. The aches and pains has gone, to be replaced by itchiness. I take this as a good sign. The dressings have been changed daily, and the nurses seemed pleased, saying the wound ‘is very dry’. My appointment with the surgeon was to Friday, and he [...]
This week has been busier than last week, for a change. For the most part, it’s been busy doing nothing, and this is intentional. For last Tuesday, I had day case surgery on my scalp. I’d been to the local hospital for a biopsy at the end of May. Then the hospital phoned a [...]
Another quiet week has slipped into history, drifting down the stream of time with few events poking above the surface. One of these was the dress I’d been making, which is a few stitches away from being finished. When one of the lapels is tacked down to keep it in place becomingly, it will [...]
As I write, I’m sitting in my office in the attic. In summer, this is the hottest place in the house; in winter, the coldest. However, it’s warm enough today that I opened the windows in the bedroom to let the fresh air of summer in and the stale air out. The weather this [...]
I’m really struggling to find something to write about this week, for, as usual, not much has been happening. Last Monday was a Bank Holiday in Scotland, which left those of us who don’t follow the news scratching our heads as to why the shops were shut. The holiday was to celebrate Scotland’s win [...]
It’s been yet another quiet week, and I’ve barely been out of the house. This is mostly the weather, and indolence. Most of the week, rain has been forecast, and most of the week, the forecast has been correct. I’ve been staying indoors to avoid it, as being caught in a downpour and slogging [...]
The sun is at last shining today, after a week of sometimes quite heavy showery rain. When I was at the museum, it was pelting down so hard I could hear it as I sat at the reception desk. As they say up here, “It was dancin’”. The rain has kept me indoors more [...]
The first of June, and the year is nearly half over! As we learned in school, the names of the months come from the Latin June was named after Juno, Roman goddess of marriage, fertility, and many other roles. The names of the days of the week also had Roman origins, but indirectly. [...]
This past week or so has seemed quiet compared to the week away, but hasn’t been without incident. Most notably, I visited the dentist again, having dislodged a bridge the day after I returned from holiday. The dentist was able to fit me in this week, and within ten minutes it was re-secured. This [...]
What a busy week that was! First, the bus to Inverness, and then the train to Stirling, where we stayed overnight before taking the train to York. There we found the luggage pickup at its appointed place a man with a sturdy bicycle with a trailer attached. This is a free service offered [...]