Archive - Sue’s Newsletter

...for a dazed population

Jun 12 •

May 2025

Happy Liberation Day, Jersey!

The first in a short series charting the progress of my family through the German Occupation of Jersey, 1940-45.

May 12 •

April 2025

The Resilience of Previous Generations.

Nothing was wasted in Granny's post-war household.

Apr 8 •

March 2025

Observing From a Distance

OK, I’m nosy, I come from a nosy family, but what else is there to do when you’re sitting on the beach and you’ve finished a book, run out of wine, and…

Mar 7 •

February 2025

Cruise Passengers Ashore are a Breed Apart

Thanks for reading Sue’s Newsletter!

Feb 10 •

January 2025

All Aboard the Skylark ...

Sorry, Condor Liberation, for an 'entertaining' afternoon!

Jan 10 •

December 2024

We all get them don’t we?

Dec 10, 2024 •

November 2024

Travel is Such Unsweet Sorrow

I’ve never minded rain, no really, I haven’t.

Nov 7, 2024 •

October 2024

Nuns and other Barriers to Writing

I had the pleasure of attending some sessions in the Jersey Festival of Words a couple of weeks ago, and one of the workshops was ‘Writing and Swimming…

Oct 6, 2024 •

September 2024

The Nursery Days

I’m not an earth mother.

Sep 10, 2024 •

August 2024

I look at the list of foods the doctor hands me.

Aug 14, 2024 •

July 2024

Who'd be a Mature Student?

Actually, there aren’t many left, mature students, that is.

Jul 15, 2024 •

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