Wife in the North is a blog that was so popular that Judith O’Reilly, aka “the wife”, was offered a book deal. The blog chronicles Judith’s life as she adjusts from her posh life in London to living in country of Northumberland. The book, as well as the blog, is funny, touching and fills one …
Category Archive: Musings
Oct 09
I Don’t Want to Be a Grownup
My brother has a wonderful pickup. It’s a ’79 Toyota with an unknown amount of mileage. It’s one of those old pickups that’s still going to be running 20 years from now. It’s huge. It’s handy. It’s dependable. I love that pickup. My brother has decided to sell the pickup or Old Gray as I …
Oct 01
9/11
The anniversary of 9/11 was a few weeks ago. On that day I remembered how hard Peter Jennings worked. He was on television the entire day. He was calm. He was patient. He was a rock. I worked for a cell phone company then. There was so much confusion on that day. We didn’t know …
Feb 29
It’s Leap Day
Why don’t we do more to celebrate Leap Day? I think it’s a very exciting event. Just think about it. It’s a day that only comes once every four years. Take a good look around my friends. We won’t see another February 29 until 2012. What Were You Doing Four Years Ago? In February of …
Jan 05
New Year’s Resolutions – Part Two
I still don’t believe in making resolutions but something happened this week that caused me to think twice about the subject. I had a busy day ahead of me on Wednesday. There was a lot on my to-do list. Before the day got going there was just one thing I wanted to check out. When …
