Why I Care about the US Election

I got to bed at half past six this morning. As my car dropped me off, light was dawning on a new day, and upon a new era in global governance. My normal sleeping hours had been spent at an election party in London. We listened to speeches from prominent English politicians, watched three different news channels, and ( Read more... )

I've had enough of my rapidly expanding waistline. I've gone up a dress size, which is completely unacceptable and I refuse to tolerate my own laziness! So I'm going to do something about it, and do something good for charity at the same time.

This morning, I signed up for the Breast Cancer Ribbon Walk. It's a 20-mile walk through the Cotswolds ( Read more... )

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I'm still a bit freaked out by my somewhat close call, but there are people who were far, far closer than me. My thoughts and best wishes go out to those people.

As far as I know, ( Read more... )

Well, at last it has happened ( Read more... )