Lately we seem to have had numerous relatives and friends, contemporaries who have fallen by the wayside. Yet thankfully despite health problems my wife and self are still here and are fortunate enough to have a loving family so we are very happy indeed. I can find enjoyment in reading, drawing and painting, coaxing a tune out of my keyboard and generally pottering about. Perhaps unsophisticated pastimes to some but very fulfilling to a relatively simple undemanding soul like me. Plus if we want "foreign" travel, there is always that Mecca of the East, Skegness just down the road.