We’re promised snow (well, the sort of snow you mostly get here – light, doesn’t last, just makes things slippery and causes trouble) Thursday-Saturday. My plan beyond the fact that I have a myofascial release session booked for Thursday AM… Continue Reading
Was doing my weekend trawl through the Saturday issue of the Financial Times, a very good newspaper that doesn’t only focus on finance, and lo and behold there was an article about Santa Maria Novella, the old style much-more-than-perfume apothecary… Continue Reading
(Pic from Wiki) A few weeks ago, I thought “I need to sample some oud fragrances”. I don’t own any and oud had come up somewhere and vaguely in something I had sampled. I find I like that odd, band-aid… Continue Reading
Time changed here and I’m discombobulated. This is iteration number 3 of this week’s post. I had started to write about YouTube algorithms and which music they present to you (might return to this in the future). And then I… Continue Reading
Out of all the jewellery I own and wear, I probably love earrings the most. Maybe because wearing pierced earrings was hard won. I finally managed to convince my mother that pierced ears weren’t the devil’s work when I was… Continue Reading
I’ve got nothing really. I tried and tried but the brain offered nothing cohesive. Just mish-mash. Apologies. Did you know that there’s a word for a bend in a river – and that sometimes that bend provides shelter in a… Continue Reading
I am liking the short hair – a lot. Beyond it being easy to maintain (though going into colder weather I’ve realised how much warmth longer hair retains), it makes things feel easier, if you get what I mean. And… Continue Reading