"Dear Sandy Roe, there is still time to secure this valuable life cover..." Do Nationwide know something that I need to know? If not, can they begin to imagine how much of a downer a letter...
This morning, in the moments between sleep and wakening, I think I may have seen an apparition. I believe it was St Brigid, the rightful patron saint of Ireland. She was a sturdy, ruddy faced, woman...
I live such a frugal and abstemious life already that I can't really see anything to give up. So, I've dusted down my hair shirt and I'll wear it for the next 40 days.