Month: August 2008

Book Review

The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill The time is 1976, the place is Laos. The Royal Family has been overthrown by the Communist Pathet Lao; many of the…

Disappointment…

Yesterday was a frustrating day. B had to go to Dumfries in the afternoon to get his cataracts assessed; we had shopping to do, the appointment was at…

To Manchester, Merrily, We Go…

For the last few weeks our Citroen has been playing up – when cornering and going over humps, the back ends ‘flips’ a little out of line. I…

Proof That Prices Are Rising….

We went shopping this afternoon – not our usual big once-a-week shop, but (for long and boring reasons) our second mini-shop of the week. Now, when we’re going…

The Drugs Do Work (part deux)…..

I’ve not been posting much lately. And I think it may be because of the Verapamil. It’s still doing it’s proper job of keeping my heartrate from going…