Recent content by Pearl

A few years ago I opened an on-line Tesco account for my mum. She had become housebound after a fall - and I didn't live close enough to shop for her on a regualr basis. Unfortunately, mum is no longer with us - but so good was her experience, that this winter, and because of the awful...

I've become increasingly clumsy - for which I prefer the French word "maladroit", from mal à droit, ("bad" or "ill" on the right). I think, I'm hoping, it's caused by the fatigue I get from having fibromyalgia. But whatever's causing it, it's costing us a fortune in wine glasses! They seem to...

It was a few years ago that I noticed an increased reliance on lists and other memory-enhancing techniques. Often ending with an "Oh, it doesn't matter, break out the Gin!" However, I wasn't particularly worried until I noticed that I had an increasing tendancy to say "Oh! it's on the tip of my...