Tag Archives: Health

HUP two three four … HUP two three four …

Posted on October 3, 2026 by fortewinks

When one cannot embark on a fitness regime, as I found for three months pre- and post-hysterectomy, one acquires a layer or two of very much unwanted flesh. Well, perhaps fat is a more honest word. And once these layers … Continue reading →

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Colin the Magpie and Other Flights of Fancy

Posted on May 26, 2026 by fortewinks

But Mum, that was G’s and my first home! exclaimed FirstBorn.Well … I don’t think you’ll be getting back in there any time soon … I replied The hysterectomy had been a long time coming, my Brighton NHS GP taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Feminism, Friends, Health, Health Screening, Home, Hospital, Life and romance, primary care, Uncategorized | Tagged birds, crows, Health, hospital, hysterectomy, magpie, nature, operation, pigeons, recovery, recuperation, seagulls | 1 Comment

HFG: the place that slows down time.

Posted on June 9, 2024 by fortewinks

Entrepreneurship is something I would recommend to many, but with the Good comes the Bad … and the Very Bad; the last three years of entrepreneurial life have been the most difficult, frustrating and challenging across 35+ years of business. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged business, exercise, Giovanna Forte, healing, Health, Homefield Grange, hotels, life, love, Luxury, rest, restore, retreat, Spa, travel, wellness | 1 Comment

Female health and routine jiggery-pokery

Posted on March 24, 2019 by fortewinks

I feel a caption competition coming on. Framed by my open thighs, the two women’s faces looked up and laughed. This check-up Down There was another reminder that internal female furniture requires all manner of routine maintenance to keeps things … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Feminism, Friends, Health, Hospital, Life and romance, Motherhood, Uncategorized | Tagged clinic, colo-rectal, female, gynaecologist, Health, health check, menopause, nurse | Leave a comment

Girls on Tour: The Three Graces and a Tasmanian Roadtrip

Posted on May 18, 2015 by fortewinks

The Three Graces at Nubeena. Painting by Tornado. Australia is a substantial and beautiful country that until recently left my interest unpiqued. Until that is, Exocet (Youngest of All) deemed her culinary career incomplete without experiencing the territory’s joyful food culture; she … Continue reading →

Posted in Design and architecture, Entertaining, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Travel | Tagged Art, australia, avoca, boyfriend, cape raoul, daughters, family, female factory, Food, food and wine, friends, friendship, geology, Health, hobart, life, love, melbourne, MONA, oatlands, tasmania, white beach, wine | 3 Comments

The holiday: Gozo far … and find unspoiled heaven

Posted on August 30, 2012 by fortewinks

Sunbather from ancient Gozo Excitement mounted as my long awaited, high-pamper-factor, sun-filled holiday hove into view, destination Gozo, a tiny island of the Maltese archipelago, which lies about 80km south of Sicily and 290km north of Africa. As yet unsullied … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertaining, Food and wine, Friends, Health, Life and romance, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Food, friends, Gozo, Health, holiday, Malta, sun, Ta'Cenc, Ta'Mena, tan, wine, Xlendi | 1 Comment