And not a little respect to my mother, the Dowager Duchess of the Palace of Bundance… It was lunch time at her place and her grandsons One, Two and Six were hungry again. “What can I feed them?” she asked perhaps a little concerned that at least two of them have locust-like appetites. “Cheese?” I […]
Toast: a little shelter on a stormy day
Some births are blissful, some scary, some medical, some quick. Every woman has a tale to tell and she’ll probably want to tell you if you give her an excuse. There’s blood spattered agony, skin splitting screams and contractions that would empty a toothpaste tube in one go. So many different versions of the very […]