John Burke's a-Musings

Today a quick post - it's been a busy week, family things are taking up quite a bit of my time at the moment so to keep the blog going, ...

I mentioned about three weeks ago the problems Marlene, one of those inimitable ladies-over-the-water was having getting treatment for the...

My friend Marlene, one of the Ladies-Over-The-Water has been battling Lyme Disease for the last four years and having to battle Canada'...

It's been something of a trying week... At some point on Sunday I became aware of a twinge, a soreness low down in the abdomen. Admitte...

The Ladies-Over-The-Water have been scoffing at my precious inch of snow (now almost totally gone) and sending photos of their collection th...

Amanda, one of the infamous Ladies-Over-The-Water, has sent photos of an accident that happened in South Africa. Luckily it seems not to ha...

These went through the scanner a bit ago too. Taken in 1967 these show me as a spotty 13 year old, voice just breaking, eyes starting to go...

It's been one of those weeks. Started with the car screeching one of those metallic squeals at us. Stopped at the next services on the ...

Amanda, one of the Ladies-Over-The-Water spent this weekend in Tampa Bay, Florida and sent this pic to Marlene, Evy and me! A handwritten n...

Marlene, one of the Ladies-Over-The-Water sent me this one but the answers are mine... Directions: 1. Put your iPod, iTunes, Windows Media ...

Far too long since I mentioned the http://bispham2.blogspot.com/search/label/ladiesoverthewater">Ladies-Over-The-Water . Evy, who li...

Ooh, a bit of excitement at the office today. I live in Blackpool and work for the University of Northumbria so I rent a room at a local col...

Well that's enough to make my ears prick up... It was last week when Evy, one of the Ladies Over The Water , made a tiny comment in an ...

Stop that drooling, girls! This is Theo Spies (it rhymes with kiss ). He's one of Marlene's sons and I remember him as a 7-year-old...

I can't be alone in never having heard of this. My close friend Marlene sent news of a friend from South Africa. She wrote: This is a s...

Your prayers are asked for, to help a young man, Edwill, who fell from a balcony and who has had to have brain surgery and will need some ex...

Now if you've been following this blog you'll know all about woggles by now, but if not start by having a look at the entry More fro...

I've no idea whose this photo is - it was sent by Amanda way back in July 2002, captioned: " Proof that there is marriage in the an...

Talk from the "Ladies over the Water" today was about holidays. The "Ladies over the Water" are Marlene, whose visit te...