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
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
Ageing well and then again ageing not so well

I had a significant birthday 2 weeks ago. I turned 75 and no, I didn’t say how did that happen, as I’m all too aware of the passing years. Reaching 75 years of age feels significant, it is, I think,
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
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
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
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
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
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
Maintenance at home

Hello everyone How are you all doing? I’ve begun to do more things out in the community but being very, very cautious as the virus is still circulating here in the UK – see the latest figures which contain information