ADHD

Actually, I’ve always thought that I have done the best thing that circumstances have let me, when you consider my trouble was not one you could cure in a few weeks or months.  In fact, I so often wished all I had to do was to go into hospital, have an operation and...

REBECCA’S TIRADE

If you’re a regular follower of my social media, you will know that Elva wrote a sixteen page letter to my Grampa which he dubbed Elva’s Tirade. Well, today I am myself super cross with someone, and have a therapeutic need to write my own one. I’m not a ‘namer and...

Battle of Britain Day

However politically incorrect it may be to some, I like many others have felt super proud and thankful today of Britain and her allies triumph during the infamous Battle of Britain. I’m also feeling very proud of Elva and her artistic legacy. 80 years is a long time...

Vegetarian Movers and Shakers

For the food trendy among us, Veganuary is in full swing and again my fathers’ fond assertions of Elva being ‘before her time’ have loomed large in my mind. It might be fashionable now, but the vegans and vegetarians of yesteryear were relentlessly ridiculed, and to...

Rosemary & Time (tick – tock)

One of the many privileges I have experienced through chasing my great aunts story was meeting 88 year old, Dr Rosemary Hill. It was a few weeks ago now but with “time” being the elusive creature it is, it has taken me until now to write about her. As a...

My New Favourite

Until recently, my favourite Elva painting was ‘Japanese Monument’ which has hung in my home for many years now. Happily however, having learned of my chase, I was contacted by a gentleman called Nicholas, who for thirty-four years has been the custodian...