First, two confessions. This is the first inauguration I have ever watched, at all. Never been invited to one, I once knew someone who was invited and went but to an inauguration..whose? Donald Trump’s –…
For some strange reason I have the feeling that I am emerging from a cocoon, I guess to be a butterfly, as that is what usually happens So far I have not sprouted wings –…
Well…..lots going on here in the UK during my presence. Now there is the furor over Prince Harry and his American wife: To quote the press: “ One exasperated aide said: ‘People had bent over…
A wonderful email greeted me this morning. It was from Laura at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She: Brilliant! Thank you so much for sending these through to me! I’m pleased to confirm that I am…
I did have a life before London so technically the blog should read London and Beyond and Before, but it doesn’t. I battled for the retention of Defined Benefit Retirement Plans – the kind that…
Well, here I am sitting on a United Flight in First Class, seat 1-A but we aren’t going anywhere. They are apparently fixing the plane, rather a good Idea it seems to me. They were…
I sent the following email to the individual that I am ‘allowed’ to speak with at the dreaded school. Here is goes: “Good morning, I was going to call you but I decided it might freak…
I awoke this morning in an extremely anxious state and I am not sure why. I have developed the habit of waking up and immediately writing to post on this blog. I feel a huge…
A snippet of background material is about to be provided for those who do not know me or my ‘new’ family the Dryburghs. Dryburgh is my birth name, hence it is hardly a new family…
The time of this writing is very early morning, 5 to be exact. I sometimes experience early morning wakening. It is a form of insomnia. One goes to bed and goes to sleep quite finely…