Oh, isn’t it a shame? I can neither sew, nor cook, nor read or write my name. But I’m happy merely being lovely, for it’s one thing I can give to you.

I started blogging in 2009, but in October 2016, I ditched the previous posts in a fit of cyber housecleaning. Some of it was really nice writing, but alas, as my old friend Susan once said: ‘Compulsion is a cruel master’.