by Verite Reily Collins | Dec 28, 2020 | Diary Archive
I never win anything – except once at a very smart Ball I won a year’s supply of deodorant, my raucous friends thought this very funny, but I’ve won nothing meaningful. Until this Christmas Eve, when Dave our postman called up to me to say he had a...
by Verite Reily Collins | Oct 24, 2020 | Diary Archive
In today’s complex world, when our leaders don’t even know what is the law – or even abide by it – I found this update on the Commandments; it seems to make more sense than rules which change every day. I quite like Nos. 1 and 3 – to be...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 9, 2020 | Diary Archive
Yet another scandal hits the NHS, this time contained in the Cumberlege Report, covering investigations into Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, and chaired by Baroness Cumberlege. Taking its title from The Hippocratic Oath, … First, Do No Harm –...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jun 11, 2020 | Diary Archive
Currently the media is full of comment about relaxing regulations around lockdown. But, if we have successfully self-isolated, and probably developed a new way of life, there is nothing to say we have to revert back to how we were before. If we are worried about...
by Verite Reily Collins | May 4, 2020 | Diary Archive, Humour
Here is a selection of cartoons and comments on current times_ A Canadian friend says “got myself a seniors GPS–not only gets me where I want to go- but it also reminds me of why I wanted to go there in the first place. ________________________ If...
by Verite Reily Collins | Apr 26, 2020 | Diary Archive
Silly me – it’s taken me weeks to realise self-isolation means others protecting me. And I thought it was to keep me away from infecting them! One always thinks one is invincible, but I have to realise at 81 with umpteen conditions, I must protect...
