by Kate Lloyd | Feb 25, 2021 | In lockdown, personal history
Prompted by a cousin’s feedback on the grape hyacinths newsletter, asking for more on my mother, I thought it must be time for another family chapter. If you’re a Wodehouse fan like me, you’ll know that Bertie Wooster has two Aunts. One, Aunt Agatha,...
by Kate Lloyd | Feb 7, 2021 | In lockdown, personal history
I mentioned school in an earlier blog, and thought I might tell you about how I learned to read. My brother is a little bit older than me and one day, when I was 3 years old, he sat me down and allegedly said “I’d better teach you to read, because once you...
by Kate Lloyd | Jan 31, 2021 | In lockdown, personal history, Uncategorized
I’ve starting talking about myself, an unforgivable sin, and now there’s no stopping me. I mentioned a story about grape hyacinths (muscari – below). Well my father was an excellent and enthusiastic gardener, and I liked being in the garden with him...