by julia | Jun 2, 2018 | Diary, Front Page, Uncategorized
Like many family members, Michael regards it as his job to encourage his wife’s singing with exuberant vocals of his own, in his case out of tune and at a belt. He is paying extra for these singing sessions on top of tens of thousands for 24 hour care at home,...
by julia | Jun 1, 2018 | Diary, Front Page, Singing, Uncategorized
It was her carer’s idea: at the day centre she could see that Paula became extraordinarily animated in my singing sessions – clapping and stamping and surging out of her wheelchair with pleasure. The worry was that soon enough her hat-trick of disasters...
by julia | Mar 2, 2018 | Diary, Front Page, Uncategorized
The lowest period of the year, when all the kids seem to have colds, and people my age have been in bed for weeks with a flu that the vaccine-makers hadn’t anticipated. Argh. A young lass in Scotland has died of pneumonia that set in as a result of all these...
by julia | May 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
So – the Mail and the Guardian ran my chick lit on the same day. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1279939/Hen-pecked-How-pair-chickens-urban-garden-taught-family-lessons-life.html...
by julia | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
With the launch of the book comes a competition with a fab coop as the prize – go on, don’t be shy – you know you know the answer, even before you’ve read the...
by julia | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the past couple of months, my good deed for the week has been to go to my youngest daughter’s school and work with the children on their veg plots. Built only a few years ago, the soil therein is depleted and ravaged by weeds that fly in from surrounding...
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