I spent the first 29 years of my life in England and, as many of you will know, living there always puts you within reach of an ocean or sea. It doesn’t matter where you live, salt water is not that far away. Continue reading
Dear Diary
A bit of history!
World War II started for England in 1939, and there was no peace until 1945. Below is a pic of my Mom and Dad in 1943! They were married in 1941, and Dad received his call-up papers (draft papers), on his wedding day! He chose to join the Royal Navy. Continue reading
Life’s like that!
Being bitten by Sabre (a female German Shepherd) around 55 years ago, not surprisingly, affected my view of dogs in general. It really wasn’t that I did not like dogs, but more I simply did not trust them. Continue reading
Kickboxing!
Getting my late sister Valerie’s album put together has, by necessity, dictated going through many old albums and boxes with the obvious photographic diversions into other areas of the past! Continue reading
Melanie update!
I never answer our telephone as we have a machine that does a very good job of doing that! I just wait as it invites a message, and then I listen and decide whether to pickup the call or not. Continue reading
Writing Fiction!
As many of you already know, I very rarely read or write fiction. I really don’t have anything against fiction, and in fact I love Tolkein’s Hobbit stories, but I have always been a detail oriented person, plus I “need” to understand things! The end result is that my readings are usually autobiographical, technical or educational in some other way. Continue reading
A New Direction Perhaps? 