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The Battle of the Somme began 90 years ago today. By the end of the day 20,000  young British men were dead, 40,000 more were injured. By the end of the battle one million people had been killed or wounded. These were the parents of my grandparents generation. Except they probably weren’t, because so many… Continue reading The Battle of The Somme

Baby Hat Originally uploaded by jwordsmith. The Yarn Harlot is about to be deluged by emails again, since she posted an appeal for cute baby hats to donated to a program about breast-feeding for underpriveleged mothers. Who can resist? Not this knitter, with a bundle of fluffy pink and green yarn in her stash and… Continue reading Yummy Baby Hat

Well done, Fiona! ( , being in the same time zone, got the early morning update). So there you go. A marathon walked, and $1300+ raised for breast cancer charities. Fiona must be either feeling great, or very achy! Or possibly both.

My crazy sister (TM) is doing her midnight marathon as I type. She’s posting from her cell phone as she goes (it’s surprisingly light in Edinburgh near midnight in the summer)

I’ve just been to see Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist extraordinaire, for the second time in my life. Wow! I cannot recommend strongly enough that if you ever get the chance to see him, even if you think you have no interest in a guitar player, do not pass it up. Going to see him is… Continue reading Follow the Passion

Sometimes I get weighed down reading about other people’s lives in blogs. Sometimes I just keep clicking and linking and reading and I surface hours later wondering what happened. And then there are blogs I read that inspire me to write funny and witty stories about my life and experience and post them here. Since… Continue reading Reading Other People's Blogs

We’re watching the US coverage of the World Cup (“the WORld Cup”). Let me just say “Blah blah blah bla-BLAH blah blah”. They cannot shut up. Even after all these years in the country it’s funny the things that surprise you. Watching baseball with the endless jabber and spewing of statistics seems normal, right, even.… Continue reading World Cup Coverage

OK, this is a blatant appeal for support. My crazy sister () is weeks away from speedwalking a marathon at midnight. As you do… Anyway, you can give her and the Breast Cancer charity she rode in on, some monetary cheerleading here: https://www.bmycharity.com/V2/fifona UK tax payers can add an free 28p to every pound just… Continue reading Sponsor My Sister

Men lack a self-preservation instinct sometimes…