Paula's Place

Betty was not as omnipresent in the year's Advent Calendar as in some previous years, partly because I was a little worried about repeat...

Yesterday I wrote about my little weight problem and how I had been inspired by a "Pearls Before Swine" cartoon, and then I lament...

Today's post was inspired by Pearls Before Swine the cartoon by Stephen Pastis ~ I would love to show a copy of it here but Go Comics ...

 I saw this and was immediately reminded of my post from a few days ago  To be honest I'm never sure how many people "get" som...

The tuba has always been a but for jokes, the size, unwieldiness and sound just lends itself to humour. When I first said at school that I w...

Only four sleeps to go! Are you getting excited? Well I hope that you've been good and that Santa will visit you, which Santa you wan...

So today is Valentine's Day, the florist hasn't arrived yet, and my post has not been full of cards, actually the postie hasn't...

Happy Christmas! Wishing everyone of us a very happy Christmas, and hoping that you all get exactly what you wanted, or maybe better s...

What can I say Danny Kaye ~ Tubby the Tuba! We had this in my father's record collection (of about 30) when I was a small child it ...

I don't celebrate Halloween, I know that is increasingly unusual, even on this side of the Atlantic, but I gather in the states it is v...

Saturday's concert went well, the hall was virtually full, the audience were responsive and though I say it myself we played extraord...

I apologise for my recent absence, it's my usual problem of trying to do slightly more stuff than I have time for.   In my life the s...

In case any of you in the further flung corners of the Globe (corners of the Globe! now there's a strange expression) haven't real...

I've heard a lot recently about people denying the existence of Gender Non Binary ~ I have not seen any of these attacks myself but I ...

Although this started out as a Transgender Blog, it is an area of my life that I talk about less and less.   As my Wife has been known to c...

I woke up this morning to the news that our wonderful new Prime Minister thinks that GPs are not pulling their weight and should be availab...

It's that time of year! Most o f us have had quite a lot of time off, one way or another.   By the very nature of my work this is a pr...

So by now most of you will have finished the turkey, worked through the pudding and will at least have made a decent impact on your Christma...

So it seems as though 2016 hasn't finished with us yet, waking up this morning to the news that Carrie Fisher has had a serious hea...

Well we only have two sleeps to go before Christmas!   So I hope you are all better prepared than I am, I haven't bought all of my...