Thoughts of Family on the 80th Anniversary of VE Day

Cautionary note. Included links refer to Covid 19 and familial loss. Thankful for Family I always think of my mum on the days when the end of WWII is remembered. And of my later father and late parents-in-law, all of the same generation with experiences they never discussed. With us naively thinking we could possibly … Continue reading Thoughts of Family on the 80th Anniversary of VE Day

A Nation’s Sadness

Buckingham Palace in bloom

Whether a Royalist or not, (I'm somewhere in the middle I think) yesterday without doubt will have touched the heart of the UK Nation. The husband of Her Majesty the Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, passed away peacefully at 99-years-old. As so many famillies have experienced bereavement over the most horrible past eighteen months, and … Continue reading A Nation’s Sadness