Let history be our guide: Get ready

History reminds us that there are plenty of good reasons to prepare: smallpox, plague, yellow fever to name a few. The list is long and with...

Chez Moi

As a blogger of ill repute, I am often asked "Mr.Ashley, you have mentioned Ashley Towers on more than one occasion, and wondered if t...

A New Toy

I bought a new toy the other day: a blood glucose meter. I was curious about my post-meal blood glucose after my HbA1c reading came back hi...

Thoughts on personal preparedness: Getting ready for the worst

Today is Get Ready Day , APHA's observance aimed at helping Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all h...

Behind the Pig-Sty

So, while the light fails / On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel / History is now and England. T.S.Eliot wrote these lines in ...

March of Dimes - Not Accessible?

The March of Dimes, a non-profit charitable organization who raises funds to assist adults who have a physical disability, have moved their ...

Old Street No 1

And now the first in an occasional series of what's to be found on England's disappearing, and indeed vanished, highways. Yet anothe...

Bathroom Furniture & Accessories

Bathroom is one of importance room in our house, We need to create them and design them as we can with some beautiful models of furniture to...

Hotel Accessibility - What are they thinking?

Last week I had the pleasure of staying in a luxurious hotel in downtown Toronto, one I was assured would be wheelchair accessible. I made ...