News from the Villa

Time for an update. Our new neighbours, Don and Marie, have settled in next door. They have a dog too – but a poodle…not so personable as a Shih Tzu puppy. I think Nugget was a bit disappointed that she didn’t want to be friends! But most dogs don’t want to be friends as a…

Happy birthday

Today is Wendy’s birthday. We met when we were 20 and were both trying to get started in the world, working jobs that didn’t pay all that much. Wendy still lived at home and I was boarding with friends. To say we were living on a shoestring is not an exaggeration. We dated for 6…

List in hand

Carlyle slept over last Friday night, and so on Saturday morning, I asked her if she would like to come with me as I was going to get groceries. As we went around the grocery store I had my list on my phone and she was pushing the cart – she asked to do so!…