The pattern is new in every momentT.S. Eliot – East Coker My year of exploring middle age, age and ageing taught me to understand the importance of change. Every single…
What might have been and what has beenPoint to one end, which is always present. T.S.Eliot – Burnt Norton Ten years ago, for the whole of 2012, I made a…
I was about three when this picture was taken. I’m 51 now. Sometimes I think about the fact that I am most likely nearer my death than my birth and…
During 2012 I celebrated my 50th birthday. All year, in fact. I’d decided at the end of 2010 to do 50 different things to celebrate my big birthday, rather than…
Did you see Dr Miriam Stoppard on Sky News this morning? She is publicising a book so may well have appeared on other sofas as well. The book is about…
This picture isn’t from this year, it’s from three years ago when Alfie had first come to live with us. But too cute not to share! We don’t have this…