Thought for the Month

Most of us think about Christmas at some time this month. Some of us all the month! It got me wondering how much of a problem Christmas can be for some families now. Here we have families struggling because of the economic situation but I find it difficult to imagine...

I love my times in France.   Here we have the November 5th firework displays, and although not in November, the French do have the firework displays like we do, but they involve the whole village or town. There are marching bands, not always all playing the same tune....

I don’t know about you, but I am confused this year. Summer was a bit of a washout, and I even reverted to my sweaters at one stage. Then September started with a heatwave, and suddenly I needed to find places to sit in the shade. Too windy one month not enough breeze...

When I have finished writing this, I am going to meet my daughter for a coffee and a chat, and I might be tempted by a slice of cake. Chatting and cake makes the world go round for me. At a push I could forgo the cake but not the chatting. There are various people and...

I have just got back from a wonderful few days holiday by the seaside. I had a lovely time and now feel very relaxed. Hopefully this feeling will last for several more days. It doesn’t seem to make any difference how many days you go away for. Even an overnight stay...

July and August really shout summer at me. In my memory as a child, during the school holidays, the sun shone every day, all day long. We were able to play outside from dawn to dusk with no problems. I think that maybe my memory is somewhat distorted, but I will stick...

June is a lovely month, there are so many things to do and see. First of all, June is the start of summer, which means longer days, warmer weather and more sunshine. I enjoy waking up to the sunshining through my window, I think it encourages me to get up quicker....

Easter falls in April this year. It does fall in April more often than March’ but of course it can be early or late in April. The date of Easter is decided by a process determined hundreds of years ago. In practice this means that Easter is always the first Sunday...

Tomorrow I am planning on going with my daughter and her crazy dog for a romp on the beach. We will then go on to Mablethorpe and join the children in the arcade and play the 2p slot machines. When we have finished getting excited if we win 2p back or complaining when...

Love is all around! Well, it is most the time, but we are all very aware of it in February. Love is a very strange but wonderful emotion. It must be the only entity that the more of it that you use the more there is of it. When two people fall in love they are...