Last week I had a most wonderful welcome from the ladies at the Halwill W.I. near me in North Devon. Lovely Anne Goodspeed asked me in the Spring if I would come do a talk - and decided the theme would be - appropriately - split lives. It was a very interesting talk because as I began speaking, little snippets came out that I hadn't necessarily planned to reveal, but it felt right, in that intimate atmosphere to go into details eg about my short period of depression in 2006 when my importing business folded. It was very rewarding afterwards…

New Grandbaby So it's happened! And (not so) little Phoebe Deborah Ann , my daughter's first baby, came into the world on October 3rd. Very glad it was all over after a bit of a difficult introduction to the world but she is gorgeous. The kids don't really want to share too much on social media, and that's understandable, same as with little nine month old Blake, my son's first girl. So here's an officially allowed pic, and sorry it's not of her face! But she does look very much like Lolly looked when she was a baby, especially around…

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Oooooo!! My little girl is fit to pop! And only two weeks till her due date. Mind you, she and Brad were both ten days or more late, so was Brad's baby Blake Katherine. And a couple of their cousins' kids. So it might be another month!! Hope not tho - it's going to be marvellous! How proud am I?! Plus, on another topic, more pride. Derek my lovely sponsor dog has had his passing out parade at last! Hooray! Medical Detection Dogs have kept me informed about his progress for the two years or so since I paid to…

You know one of those films, shows or books you just can't get out of your head and want to keep going back to it? Well I have had that happen to me recently, with the acclaimed podcast and detective series, called 'The Teacher's Pet,' from Hedley Thomas on behalf of The Australian. If you've ever heard of or loved 'Serial,' a similar popular series, you'll love this expose as we go behind the scenes in the last days of Lynn Dawson. Was she murdered by her narcissistic psychopath husband? Because yes, it turns out that Chris Dawson appears to…