Granny, champion of the world

Granny was a champion, medal-winning Irish dancer. We wonder if little H would like to try out this fascinating dance form. Maybe when she is a little older. I think she'll like the costumes anyway.

Shocking news about the cut-too-short life of Peaches Geldof, a Kentish young mother in the celebrity spotlight. I don't know that I have ever had more respect for a person than for her father, Bob Geldof- his taking in of Tigerlily after her parents' death so that she could be with her sisters was such a gesture. She will have been for him a daily reminder of his pain when his wife left him for her new husband. That little girl has now lost mother, father and half-sister. As my friend put it this evening. Beyond pain is such a description.