Monthly Archives: May 2020

Unusually, I’m a registered practitioner of two professions. At first glance they don’t overlap, but really they have a frightening amount in common. One such thing is a healthy understanding of disease, epidemiology and vaccination, having cared for both living … Continue reading →

After years at university with dodgy ovens, I have started baking. The oven here is also dodgy, but in a whole different way. Sifting through magazines, I found a stack of National Trust ones. These included a recent list of … Continue reading →

For some, the ‘lockdown’ is a horrendous shock to the system. Round here it isn’t. Perhaps we’re lucky. Or perhaps not. Day to day, I meet many religious people. Sometimes they tell me, “God Loves You!”  They’re usually surprised when … Continue reading →

For years, professional journals and interest magazines have been accumulating here. There comes a time when they are SABLE, Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy, when there are just too many to sort. But professional journals contain legal updates so can’t … Continue reading →

Writing belatedly on this one, but not with any loss of feeling. In February this year, Heather Couper died. She will be much-missed, for all sorts of reasons. Whatever a child sees as they grow is normal and they are … Continue reading →