Barbara Thompson

We decided to have fish and chips for lunch. I went along to pick it up, even though it was raining. I grabbed my shopping bag to bring it back. Bringing your own bag doesn’t seem to be a thing here. Everyone seems to just get plastic bags when they check out; I do often […]

In January 2020, Treorchy won best high street in the UK. Woohooo Treorchy. We live on the high street, kind of at the end, (the end of Treorchy. As mentioned before, the street itself goes on and on. The next town is Ynyswen. It is pronounced some way. It used to have a Burberry factory)

Happy St. David’s Day! St. David is the patron saint of Wales and today is his day. Around a long, long time ago, St. David had a good idea when the Welsh were fighting the Saxons and suggested the Welsh wear a leek so they could tell the good guys from the bad guys. They

Again. It seems like forever since the rainy times, actually. Today is just rain, not RAIN, but we’ve nowhere to go and nothing that needs being done, so we are in for now. Keith was working before 8am and has a 7pm meeting, so it is a working day for him. Neither of us maintained

And then we were dead. Okay. You already guessed that was hyperpole, because I am writing this. Man, we are tired, though. I found a hike called Pen-pych Circular (on Pen-pych Mountain – capital M Mountain. I am not sure why that is significant, but Keith just said it to me, so I am saying

We trained to Cardiff. It took an hour and we were in a big city. I was delighted to find an Upper Crust sandwich shop in the station. We’ve found Upper Crust in most UK train stations we’ve visited and their simple ham and cheese sandwiches are terrific. We walked down the pedestrian thoroughfare, munching

When Mervyn drove us to the bus last weekend (Oh, wow. Was that only last weekend?) he pointed out a former colliery (coal mine)(pit) that has been turned into a museum. He worked in the pit there for 32 years and said he loved every minute of it. Since brass bands started with coal miners

Tonight was the last rehearsal. I felt sad. Of course, I feel sad when TV shows end. (I like emotions.) I was warmly greeted by several people as they came in and couldn’t help wondering who we would have become friends with. (I left a preposition at the end of a sentence. Augh. None of

I suggested a walk to Keith about 11am. He was finished with the China team and the US teams were still a bit from the start of their work day. It was brightly cloudy and the wind had died down. We went a new direction, toward the river, but turned right for the first time.

So… We’ve been talking about what to say in this entry all day. Well, not all day, but you know what I mean. We have completely enjoyed trying to come up with a title that is just right, and as I am writing this, we haven’t settled on one yet. I like to think that