Category Archives: This And That

Three red tomatoes

Some three or four months ago the Englishman and yours truly started a little veggie patch.  Daydreaming of our own organic veggies while preparing the soil for the little seedlings in their trays watching us, and who eagerly awaited their … Continue reading

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Scoring Brownie points

Some weeks ago while placing the rubbish bags outside for collection I looked up and down our street and shocker, the amount of rubbish collected in one week in this small area suddenly struck me as being completely ridiculous! Why … Continue reading

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Holiday in Rhodes

With great expectations the Englishman and I looked forward to our ‘get away from it all’ break.  The search began in November to find just the right place, that special place filled with peace and quiet.  For some reason I … Continue reading

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Renovations, the end of my sanity

For over a year we put off building renovations until we realized at the end of November that we no longer had any other option but to do the renovations before the holiday makers descended upon us.  Sometime somewhere in … Continue reading

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It looks just like the photos on the website

One of the small irritations in life is those forward, forward, forward sent with the best of intentions emails.  The utter rubbish hoping that you are an idiot and will believe some money Angel is going to help you win … Continue reading

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The marathon that never was

With the building renovations playing a major role in my life at the moment and not having had many highlights with a renovator man with whom I clearly do not see eye to eye thus far, the two Frenchmen that … Continue reading

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My name is Michael

Monday mornings on the Hill our streets slowly fill with black bags as the residents put their discarded items out for collection.  Before long some dishevelled human would slowly unpick the knots and rummage through our rubbish.  Bottles, cans and … Continue reading

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Today I am wearing black

My ancestors came to this country to begin a new life free from the persecution of their Christian beliefs, a new life in a strange land where they had freedom and today many generations later here I am.  I never … Continue reading

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Guest house giggles!

We are only human, is a phrase we all use to justify the silly things we sometimes do and we all know at some point in our lives we can do the silliest things, not because we want to it … Continue reading

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No Mam!

In the hospitality industry every now and then, not often thank the good Lord for that, we face some very challenging situations.  Sometimes we keep a straight face, other times we find more patience inside ourselves that what we knew … Continue reading

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