Five Edwards, an assortment of spouses, siblings, and their numerous offspring. Confused – you will be!
Cross Stitch Calligraphy
I bought this book for the variety of fonts it provides – all named after mostly classical composers – though…
Shaking My Family Tree (4)
In which I solve the mystery of my father’s whereabouts when the 1939 Register was taken; I make contact with a ‘missing’ cousin; plus some useful books for research purposes.
Cross Stitch Meditations: January 2023
Some of the projects I completed in January.
Shaking My Family Tree (3)
This month, I signed up for a 14-day free trial with Ancestry followed by a 6-month membership covering the UK,…
Diary of a Mature Student: The End (for now)
My Degree Certificate dropped through the letterbox today. Students in resident in Wales receive two cerificates – in English and…
Losing The Thread
In which I tackle a ‘knotty’ problem that requires patience and hand/eye co-ordination.
Diary of a Mature Student: Open University Graduation Ceremonies
Deliberations on attending a Graduation ceremony.
Christmas Cross Stitch Meditations
and New Year Resolutions Contents Page 2 – Stitch KitsPage 3 – Pattern from a BookPage 4 – Making CardsPage…
New Year’s Day ‘Housekeeping’ 2023
Happy New Year and may 2023 bring you good health and happiness. Unless, of course, you are one of the…
Seasons Greetings
However and whatever you celebrate, I wish you a relaxing and stress free 25th and 26th December.
A Wintry Postcard from North Wales
We are on the second week of a cold snap in the UK. Despite scenes of thick snow on the…
Cross Stitch Meditations (4)
The first half of November was busy as – first – a former university friend of my husband texted to…
Diary of a Mature Student: The Results are in . . .
It’s a Pass with Merit
Shaking My Family Tree (2)
In October, I wrote of my frustration at being unable to trace my grandmother’s birth record (and so establish her…
Cross Stitch Meditations (3)
Special Projects This is for my niece’s birthday at the end of November. I showed the work in progress in…
Shaking My Family Tree (1)
Now that my formal studying days are behind me (for now), I have returned to researching my family history –…
Cross Stitch Meditations (2)
Now that I’m starting to do more counted cross stitch, I find the best way to start is marking out…
Diary of a Mature Student: September 2022 – We’re Done!
5 September Almost there! 15,000 words exactly. Four drafts. Just waiting for a response from my Tutor regarding how to…
Cross Stitch Meditations (1)
I have quite the production line going now. Each evening over the summer, and even now that it’s getting cooler…
Diary of a Mature Student: August 2022
How is it August already? Just a few weeks to go to the end of my course, then a six…
Diary of a Mature Student: July 2022
Time’s a ticking! 8 July Eighty-two days to go until the deadline. But only thirteen until my final Tutor Marked…
Diary of a Mature Student: June 2022
1 June This is Week 32 of the course, which means we only have seventeen more weeks (less two weeks…
Seven Principles of Public Life
How politicians, civil servants, charity trustees etc are bound to act in public roles As former civil servants, my colleagues…
Diary of a Mature Student: May 2022
3 May Received a text today from the Open University reminding me that TMA04 is due on 12 May and…
Diary of a Mature Student: The Final Countdown
Just . . .
Ask and you shall receive
A trip to the recycling centre this morning before the madness that is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee turns the end…
Diary of a Mature Student: April 2022
3 April Last weekend, I wrote my feedback for the three Workshop pieces allocated to me. Today, I have re-read…
I can’t possibly comment
Literally! For some blogs I follow – though not all – this message appears when I want to comment on…
In Disgrace
My husband seems to be regressing to toddlerhood, which is so far back he probably doesn’t remember the first time!…
Write Here: Write Now 