Daily Helen

I feel really quite sad about the death of Robin Williams, and touched by some of the tributes and reminiscences (like this one ) that I ...

Like the rest of the world I've been intrigued about the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines plane ten days ago. Will we ever kn...

Arrived at work this morning to find that someone had lobbed a beer bottle threw one of our windows. Urgh, what a mess!  ~ A year ago t...

Like the rest of the world I woke this morning to the sad news of Nelson Mandela's passing. ~ A year ago today I was wearing a new ...

My dear little Trixie passed away last night. It was sudden and completely unexpected. I am grieving. ~ A year ago today I was visiting...

Boo, my favourite pie dish broke. One way to get out of doing the washing up I guess :( ~ A year ago today I was wearing comfy tracksui...

Today I had some prints done from a recent get-together and passed them on to my friends. We will remember our friend Vanessa (who passe...

Grey day, dirty windows. Bad weather on the way. Feeling sad about grim news out of Boston, and also closer to home. ~ A year ago today ...

Today my thoughts are with a friend who just got bad news about her health. Life can be so random and cruel. ~ A year ago today it was ...

One of my neighbours was accosted in the street late last night, resulting an a bit of a neighbourhood  disturbance. One gets a b ig fri...

It's one thing to read crime stories in the news, but something else entirely when bad things happen to people I know, in my neighbou...

I had a stressful day at work and then came home to chores. While I was putting away dishes I dropped - and broke - my favourite mug. %^...

Today I said goodbye to my friend Sarah who is moving back to Ireland to live. She'll be missed! ~ A year ago today Tom was basking ~

I took the cover off my sofa today and got a good look at the damage underneath (one of the culprits shown above). Poor, poor sofa. Bad, bad...

This afternoon I went to the funeral of a friend's father. Sad occasion of course, but I'm glad I went. Rituals are important and th...

My geyser is broken. The plumber was here today and tomorrow it gets fixed. But no hot bath for me tonight. ~ A year ago today I had mack...

A homeless man who spent a lot of time hanging around the building next door to mine passed away on the weekend. I've been thinking abou...

The terrible wind storm that raged all night blew down three panels of the wooden fence. One fell on my car. Now it all has to get fixed. W...

Today Blogger went down and posts, drafts and comments on both my blogs disappeared. Oh boy, Friday the 13th! ~ A year ago today I was notic...

I only found out about the terrible earthquake in Japan on Sunday evening, and since then have been following the story in the media, partic...