When my sister Dotty died, I became guardian of her daughter, Joanne. My own mother had given very strict punishment with a belt, leaving bruises for days, and bad memories of those spankings meant Dotty had never spanked Jo, even mildly. I had no plans to do so either, but things don’t always go according […]

I remember staying at my aunt’s summer house in Florida during the 1980s. It was a charming place with a large swimming pool surrounded by lush greenery and vibrant flowers. The air was thick with the scent of blooming jasmine and the sound of cicadas filled the warm evenings. One day, my cousin Kathy and […]

At grandmother’s summer home in Maine, we were by the ocean. At the foot of the hill, down from the house, were five small beaches where we all learned to swim and where we spent many happy hours building sandcastles. There was also a long pier with a runway and float, for my grandparents had […]

My mother took me to visit the daughter of one of her friends. We were the same age. Sarah and I liked each other right away and her mother suggested that since it was a lovely day, Sarah might like to take me outside to play in the garden. Sarah showed me some outside toys, […]

During the early 1970s, my mother had a little part-time job which helped with the bills but meant that I had to be looked after by someone else. Not having any relatives living close to us, she decided to put me in the care of Mrs Mason, a local registered childminder. Mrs Mason’s house was […]

Down the street from us lived a boy named Micky. We were not supposed to play with him, because he came from a very different kind of background.Nanny called it ‘breeding’. Micky was allowed to run freely through the neighbourhood and had several brothers and sisters, who we all knew in the neighbourhood as having […]

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, I attended a boarding school in the Midlands region of England, close to the Cheshire border. It remains a boarding school to this day with a similar name, so I will not mention that name, despite the school having gone through a number of changes.When I attended it […]

One of the most memorable spankings I ever got was actually from my brother’s then girlfriend, Hariot. At the time I had a complete girl crush on her. Hariot was dark haired and beautiful. Because of my crush on her, I was always trying to get her attention, and more than once I overstepped the […]

Growing up, I was mostly looked after by my grandmother, as my parents worked long hours and were often out of the city (or indeed the country) for extended periods. As this was the case, my grandmother lived in our house and was mine and my siblings’ guardian at these times. She was fairly old-fashioned […]