Today started really early because the trapped nerve in my SI joint really hates me lying down! It's really annoying as during the day I'm absolutely fine, not a twinge, but at night it gets aggravated by lying on my side. Anyhoo - I was up at 6.30am, stretched out the joint (I have physio exercises from when I first had the issue which help), fed ( Read more... )

100 years since the end of World War 1 - the procession of 10,000 people past the cenotaph in London has been very moving. I know very little about my family history so I don't know who may have been part of the losses or who fought and survived, but I am grateful if they did and to all the others who took part in all the conflicts to keep our ( Read more... )

I have some videos from last Friday's belly dance show to share - they are very short, but under a cut for convenience. The Lj video upload works really well, so I hope you can see them OK. The show went well, my dance went well and I really enjoyed it as there were many different styles of belly dancing. There was also a beautiful traditional ( Read more... )