The DNA Results Are Back, and it turns out I'm... 19:22 About 20 years ago, I went through a phase of trying to trace my family tree (see: https://kimayres.blogspot.com/2006/03/family-tree....Read More
Missing the Legend 12:51 I met Pat through blogging around 18 years ago, give or take. She was already well into her 70s and writing her memoirs, which she was po...Read More
Embarrassed Grin 09:58There were incredible colours in the sky yesterday evening. I was out for a walk and couldn't resist using my phone to capture the ...Read More
Brother 10:27 The grief and loss we've all been feeling is still so raw, I thought I should phone my brother, Myke, to see how he was coping with...Read More
Gender Confusion 19:57 "We were trying to work out if you were her mother," said one of the visitors to Maggie during Spring Fling . They were not ...Read More
Never Ending Story... 12:36 You know the kind of person who never says much, but when they do, they are precise, to the point, say their piece, and then they'...Read More
A Not So Mini Adventure 12:22It felt strange opening the car door and seeing it exactly as I'd left it over 3 weeks ago. "Would you like a box?" asked S...Read More
Northumbrian Stars 18:30I was hoping to get some big night sky shots. I wasn’t expecting the Northern Lights. Maggie and I had a rare 4 whole nights away on our o...Read More
The Immortal Australopithecus 21:59I'm in the process of revamping my study/studio and sorting through piles of paper that have been sitting around for years. At a time ...Read More
Mostly Ghostly at Comlongon Castle 18:40Did she jump, or was she pushed? Either way, The Green Lady , believed to be the Lady Marion Carruthers who fell to her death from the tow...Read More
Sculpture Workshop with Lucianne Lassalle 22:00This is going to be great. I'm going to learn a whole new raft of skills and gain a whole new set of experiences. A little later... ...Read More
Is knowledge power? 17:30At the point of writing this, on my laptop I have 2 different internet browsers permanently open. One currently has 13 different windows ope...Read More
Open Window 18:37"It's a bit stuffy in here. I'll open the window a bit." *push* *whirr* *clunk* "Ohshitohshitohshitohshitohsh...Read More
Surprisingly, I seem to be well... 20:02Last Monday Rogan went down with something horrible. Food poisoning was his own diagnosis. He couldn't think what he'd eaten that mi...Read More
Huntigowk 10:18"It's huntigowk today" "Huntigowk?" "Aye, huntigowk" "What on earth is huntigowk?" ...Read More
Unconnected... 20:06The internet connection is appallingly sporadic. Mostly it isn't there, then it appears for a few seconds - enough for an email to pop t...Read More
Next year we'll do things differently 20:30Every year we swear next year we'll do things differently. Every year we curse ourselves for not having done things differently after ...Read More
My Photo on the Front of a Book by a Bestselling Author 17:58It’s true! Victoria Hislop , bestselling author of The Island (over a million copies), The Thread and The Return has a new book out calle...Read More
Attention Seeking 08:30"Well how much do you think that one is then?" "I've no idea. I've looked along those shelves three times, but it...Read More
Being Ruthless... 17:06“What about this guy? He’s the solicitor who helped me with the paperwork when I sold my business.” “When did you last speak to him?” “A...Read More