May '21 Archive

My Italian mother broke her femur on 23 June 2020, just as lockdown was easing in Italy. She spent a whole month in hospital recovering, because she lived alone and could not be discharged, as she ha... Read More

And it goes a little something like this…    After 15 months marooned in a scenic but achingly dull corner of rural Wiltshire (devoid of non-supermarket retail, decent coff... Read More

Trigger warning: grief In a few weeks it will be the 5th anniversary of my mum’s death.  Writing that, even now, feels strange and wrong.  My mum died suddenly and unexpec... Read More