Yes, the weeks have flown by since the last post and there’s not a lot to show for it but here are one or two examples of how lif’e’s been treating me lately. After the Italian class on Wednesday  Guido, our teacher, became rather curious after going...

Where have the last two weeks gone? New Year’s day feels like yesterday, and looking back,  there seems to be very little to report. Of course,  I’ve had plenty of communication with my newfound family and my sister, R,  has arranged to come and...

We celebrated New Year’s Eve with a prolonged meal expertly managed by Jay so that it could finish at a few minutes before midnight with a champagne toast. I had intended to see in the British  New Year an hour later but dozed off in the...

So Christmas is over, once again, and we’re all trying to recover from the effects of over-indulgence – except that today is Whale’s birthday and Jay is cooking yet another feast. My favourite memories of the last few days include several phonecalls...

If I gave you thirty guesses you would never  imagine the early Christmas present I’ve just had. Would you believe it – I have discovered two half sisters I never knew about! Maybe I’ve mentioned before that I never knew my father and my parents...