25th August 2022 It has been many decades since I was a new mum – way back in 1976! But I was thinking the other day, how things have changed in recent times as to the ‘received wisdom’ regarding pregnancy and childrearing nowadays compared to generation after generation for hundreds of years. Looking back to…… Continue reading Bringing up Baby
Category: Family
Just the Job
30th June 2022 I’ve just finished reading a book by another of my Write That Book colleagues and it has really made me think back upon my life and ‘career’. After reading Chocolate and Chips by Gillian Westlake, I was amazed at the number of experiences she has faced. She has had such an eventful…… Continue reading Just the Job
Let’s Talk about Sex…
23rd June 2022 Before you throw your hands up in horror after reading the title of this blog, please do not worry. I do not intend giving you a blow-by-blow (pardon the pun) detailed essay about my love life. Nor do I mean to discuss the whys and wherefores of people’s strange sexual proclivities. No,…… Continue reading Let’s Talk about Sex…
Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
16th June 2022 What are you afraid of? Do you have any phobias? I certainly do, though only one of them has had the effect of changing my life in the last few years – and that is Agoraphobia. I’ve been through the reasons before in my blogs, so I won’t go into to it…… Continue reading Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Happy and Glorious
2nd June 2022 First of all, my apologies for not having written a blog for a couple of weeks. It was very gratifying to hear from a friend earlier this week, ringing to make sure I am in good health. Apparently, she reads my blog every week and was worried when I hadn’t posted recently,…… Continue reading Happy and Glorious
Thanks for the Memories (part 1)
12th May 2022 For anyone who has not had any connection to someone with Alzheimer’s disease, you are so, so very lucky. Before my mother was diagnosed with it, like most people I had assumed it was just a really bad case of memory loss, but found out at first hand there is such a…… Continue reading Thanks for the Memories (part 1)
A Moving Experience
21st April 2022 I have lived in many places in the UK. I started in Barrow, of course, but I don’t really remember the house move from 6B Barque Street to Brighton Street, which remained the family home for the next 50-plus years. My next move was leaving home at 17 after a terrible row…… Continue reading A Moving Experience
Simply the Best
24th March 2022 This week I am writing about and dedicating this to my sister, Mel Royle. I’m sitting here right now, waiting for her to arrive from Fuerteventura, where she lives with her husband, Steve, and their four dogs, Daisy, Nutty, Sasha and Dixie. She is flying into Manchester and then catching a train…… Continue reading Simply the Best
With This Ring
10th March 2022 In the words of the Gilbert O’Sullivan song: “Something that begins with ‘M’ and ends in ‘alas’… that’s Matrimony”. This week I’ve been thinking about weddings and marriage. I’ve had a go a couple of times, and not done too well at it, but it works for some people, I know. What…… Continue reading With This Ring
I’ve Got The Music In Me
3rd March 2022 Last week I wrote about films – today I thought I’d tell you about my musical tastes. I’ve already mentioned in previous blogs that I have been known to warble occasionally in my various guises as schoolgirl, chorister, performer and backing singer. It’s true that I do love to sing, but these…… Continue reading I’ve Got The Music In Me
Liz Hughes 