Author Archives: vida1946

It’s grey, and chilly, and we’re still in lockdown and I’m in my shed looking at the progress P has made in the garden by planting, replanting and generally tidying up. “ I wish I’d got into gardening years ago” he said, finally acknowledging the pleasure to be had in the country’s favourite pastime, orContinue reading “Saturday May 16th”

It’s Thursday April 2nd 2020 and not a particularly auspicious day to launch my virtual conversation plan given the amount of grim news coming our way from just about everywhere but here goes starting with a few personal details. My name is Davida Macdonald, guess what my father’s name was, but the Davida has oftenContinue reading “Shednotes”

It’s been just over two weeks since I last spoke to you and to be honest life, in our neck of the woods at least, hasn’t changed much at all although the busy road we face has lost much of its busyness which is one of the bonuses of this difficult situation. Thank goodness theContinue reading “Thursday 7th May”

It’s another glorious sunny day, warm enough to dispense with coats and jackets and even cardis in the right sheltered spot, but I am in my shed. As one of the retired and after many years in education I love the lack of a timetable knowing that a cosy lie in can be compensated forContinue reading “Wednesday 22nd April”

Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun, or when you are distracted by the daily drama playing out between us and the Corona virus, or Covid 19 to give it its snappier title. Thankfully my initial panic has reduced to a mild irritation at not being able to go out given my health status; it’sContinue reading “Wednesday April 15th”

After a long session of trial and error over a couple of days I seem to have & found my way to a means of communication to far greater numbers than those on my address list, this at least is my hope particularly in the present crisis when keeping in touch isn’t easy at all.Continue reading “First post from the shed”

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This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”