Hi everyone I shall be changing my details in my bio again, and this time it’s my age. Yes, last week I turned 76 – how did that happen? I had a wonderful day as, because of the Platinum Jubilee my birthday on June 2nd was a Bank holiday, so
Those bones – how are yours?
Hi everyone I had my bone scan a few weeks ago. I’m meant to have them every two years, but this time what with ‘you know what’ it was three years since my last scan. Do you have regular bone scans? I have had these scans for years and have
Eating to Beat Disease
Hello everyone As you know from last week’s post I take part in the Zoe Covid Study. Well, what’s interesting is that this company is first and foremost a nutrition and gut research body and they are currently in partnership with someone called Dr William Li (who is based in
Health & Wellbeing – reading things up and actually doing the things that are suggested!
Hello everyone How are you all? Well I hope! Here in the UK we’ve got some sun and warmth at last so that does really lift the spirits and warms the joints! Yes, I need that warmth on the body as I’ve got arthritis in my right hip, which is
Here’s to better things to come!
Hi everyone Got my vaccination done last Wednesday and, my word, the whole roll-out of vaccines in the UK is an incredibly efficient operation, and that, of course, is because it was not outsourced to an expensive private sector contractor but organised by our wonderful NHS. And what’s more they
Ageing well
Hi everyone How are things with you? I’ll have more to say about how England is coping with a reduction in Lockdown Version 2.0 and a consequent move to a ‘tiered’ approach to the pandemic at the end of the month. For now, in the middle of November with the
Hair! Some common problems and solutions
Hi everyone I’m a bit late this week – I’ll tell you the reason at the end of the post. Hair! This is a tricky one as I am not an expert on hair, and furthermore have been blessed with my mother’s Scottish red hair gene, but someone asked me
Wellbeing and you
Hello everyone Did you know that last Saturday 10th October was World Mental Health day? Mind, the UK mental health charity, reminds us that mental health problems stretches further than the anxiety and angst a lot of us are feeling at the moment, indeed mental health problems are serious and
The Back-to-Lockdown Diary – 30 September 2020
Hello everyone I thought I’d start by saying that I write this diary not as a blow-by-blow account of daily happenings, instead this is more about my thoughts on the current situation, the reason being, I think it important to capture the essence of how we are all coping during
A tale of gardens and gardening plus the two dresses from Emmaus
Hi everyone How are you all? Well, I hope and having a few outings and visits from family and friends? We are still being very cautious. I actually went into a supermarket for something I forgot to get via my online delivery but I’m not going to make a habit