June 3, 2025 Diary Im fortyseven now, a plainspoken bloke from the north of England. Ive never been married and Ive never felt the urge to...
Madam, please dont be cross with me but could I have one of those beautiful pretzels? the trembling old woman asked the baker at the corner...
Mrs. Rosemary Whitaker, why on earth do you think Im obliged to support your son? Martha snapped, her voice trembling like a loose curtain in a...
28 July My motherinlaw once told me, You should settle your own bills, and that stuck in my head for months. I was standing in front...
I had nowhere to go. Literally nowhere. I could spend a night or two on the platform at the station and then what? Suddenly a lifeline...
In winter, Victoria decided to sell her cottage and move in with her son. Her daughterinlaw and his child had long been urging her to join...
After my husband Edwards funeral, my son Andrew drove me out onto a narrow lane through the woods and said, This is where you belong. I...
Im 47 now, just an ordinary blokeish sort of woman, you know a bit like a grey mouse, not exactly a looker, not blessed with any...
A young woman seduced my 63yearold husband and whisked him away from our family, yet they could not have guessed the surprise I had prepared. Ian...
I was the head of a rather unruly household, and the verdict on how things should run came from my eldest daughter, Blythe. Shed never married...