Mr Bhikhubhai Dajibhai Mistry (23rd Dec 1938 – 4th July 2021) Jai Shree Krishna. We’d like to say a few words here about Dad’s life and what he meant for us. We set out to organise Dad’s funeral this week and I suspect, absolutely no-one who knew Dad, will be surprised that he was ahead… Continue reading A Eulogy for Our Dad
Category: Life
Father’s Day
About a month ago I was happily looking at training plans for my September Half Marathon and seeing which ones I might actually manage to stick to for more than a couple of weeks. Running to train though has slightly gone out the window for now. Running for my own sense of wellbeing has replaced… Continue reading Father’s Day
100 years of my Grandma
A special thick envelope was delivered to my grandma’s house yesterday from the Queen. The special telegram, to be opened today!! Today she’ll open it and we’ll have a little Zoom celebration to mark her 100th birthday! Sita Ma has been the matriarch of our family since forever, showing us, and sometimes, even the Brahmin,… Continue reading 100 years of my Grandma
Dog Day Afternoon
A happy dog when he's with Anne A sorry day today as Rocco, the grumpy 13 year old Pomeranian, has been sent shuffling off this mortal coil to Doggie Heaven. He’s had a great retirement with us but in the last week or so he started having seizures and when the vet’s tests came back,… Continue reading Dog Day Afternoon
Dads and Dogs
I’ve been to my dad’s a few times recently and obviously brought my running gear. And I’ve realised that I’ve already created a default route. I want to say that I’m one of those free, devil-may-care runners who, one day may go left and the next, right, and meander through new avenues and paths, always… Continue reading Dads and Dogs
Volunteering at the River Park
It was, by mid-morning anyway, a rather warm hazy day. The water on the river barely rippled and we could see clearly over to Liverpool with the huge Anglican Cathedral taking centre stage. A view of the big city from tranquility. There were surprisingly few people about on such a clement morning and I asked… Continue reading Volunteering at the River Park
A Nation in Mourning?
Well, this is new! Prince Philip in his youth as part of the country's longest running soap opera! (Image taken from HarpersBazaar.com) I was in the kitchen for half an hour earlier, preparing the sauce for a lamb curry I’m making tomorrow, and I put BBC 6Music on the radio for some random Indie tunes… Continue reading A Nation in Mourning?
Short Summers, Short Beers and Zimmer Frames
What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours between yesterday’s gasping effort and today’s canter. I ran for longer and I was quicker with very little effort, all because of a mere 10 degree (Celsius) drop in the temperature! Last drips of the heat wave. This ice-cream may have been abandoned because our three… Continue reading Short Summers, Short Beers and Zimmer Frames
Reclaim?
I’ve had a bit of a knot in my stomach all week because of the stories in the UK news about the vigils for the murdered woman, Sarah Everard. There was so much anger and resentment thrown up in the public domain from both the women at the main vigil in Clapham Common and the… Continue reading Reclaim?
February Blues
Tentative snowdrops A slippage has occurred. After the success of my January goals I am feeling a little adrift and rudderless. I guess you can’t always be fired up and raring to go, and as my downswing is in the worst month of the year (according to all the polls1) it is probably inevitable that… Continue reading February Blues
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