Losing a loved one leaves a traumatic hole in your heart, whether or not you expected it. You may wish to close the door on society for a while. However, you may not be able to do so if they appointed you executor, or you otherwise have to take the first step after your … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
Fly Tipping and Oxfordshire Do Not Belong Together
My mind dwells happily on the past whenever I motor over to my beloved Oxfordshire. Days before fly tipping and Oxfordshire became synonymous. Times before Covid tiptoed into our lives, and then invaded almost every aspect of them. Not that illegal waste dumping is … [Read more...]
Residents in Uproar Over Street Litter in Middlesex
The older, more genteel among us may remember taking Royal Enfield motorcycles down country lanes at what they claim were responsible speeds. I, Jeffrey Avery have come across several of these magnificent machines gathering dust in garden sheds. British pride in own … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarding in Later Life and Managing the Home
Greater disposable income coincided with the emergence of the late 20th century phenomenon of accumulating trappings of wealth. But there does come a time when we must start to declutter. However, as Gloria Stafford says so eloquently, we must first face the question … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarding in Later Life: Uncluttering
Greater disposable income coincided with the emergence of the late 20th century phenomenon of accumulating trappings of wealth. But there does come a time when we must start to unclutter. However as Gloria Stafford says so eloquently, we must first face the question … [Read more...]
Fly Tipping in London: Why Here of All Places?
London has certainly had its ups and downs over the years, what with three major attempts at invasion in history, two of which succeeded. And then of course there was also a great plague that took an even greater fire to quench. But why do we still have fly tipping in … [Read more...]