Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am an Apple geek - Windows makes me shudder! - and have been wanting to read th...

Another week that whizzed by at 100 miles per hour! The good news ... after my interview on Thursday I was offered a part-time job as an a...

Today is Mother's Day in the UK, or "Muthers Day" as Rose spells it. (If you are Catholic, note the liturgical connection - Mo...

It has been a while since I did one of these ... 1. Yesterday was Helen's 17th birthday. In the UK that is the magic age for DRIVIN...

I have had to do quite a bit of research on the Poor Laws lately, first for my archive course and then to give a talk at work, and have foun...

Updates on the various medical matters ... the hospital discharged Mum on Tuesday, only six days after her op which is a record for her, and...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot My rating: 4 of 5 stars It was coincidental that I read this after  The Help , b...

The Help by Kathryn Stockett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book tells the story of life in a Mississippi town in the early 1960s in the ...

We seem to be going through one of those spells where every week has "personal maintenance" appointments of some type for someone....

Oops! Nearly two weeks since I last posted! Tevye and I spent last weekend at our all time favourite hotel , leaving girls scattered in vari...

It is an age since I posted any knitting pictures, so here is an update on recent projects. I finally finished the aran cardigan that I s...

Ghosts of Spain by Giles Tremlett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This one just squeaked up to four stars. Written by a British author who live...

I meant to post last week to comment on the 60th anniversary of the Queen succeeding to the throne. It was a royal-ish sort of week. Rose...

Rose ... is as good as gold at school, bless her. (Actually she is pretty good at home too!) She is very proud of the fact that she has neve...

Life here is busy! On that edge between very busy and crazy busy. My mum is waiting to have her second hip replaced, which will probably hap...

Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett My rating: 5 of 5 stars The suggested theme for 52 Books in 52 Weeks  for this week is Dickens...

After a bitterly cold week we finally got our first (and only?) real snow of the winter, with three inches or so falling overnight. Rose and...

Eat Well Spend Less by Sarah Flower My rating: 2 of 5 stars I don't have much to say about this one. I got serious about eating mo...

A Darkly Hidden Truth by Fletcher Donna My rating: 3 of 5 stars The series title "Monastery Murders" and the promise of dash...

Tevye and I decided that this year we would try to go to the cinema once a month - really, we should take more advantage of our on-hand baby...