Happy Valentine’s Day (as this is being uploaded on Sunday). We had some raspberry/chocolate marshmallows. Years ago – well, decades (a lifetime?) – I studied Shotokan karate. My teacher (the sensei) liked to use a word conglomeration of patience and… Continue Reading
We’re about to enter four very cold (for here) days – Beast from the East II. Previous BftE a few years ago gave us the only decent snow I’ve seen in this country in ages. I like snow. I have… Continue Reading
I was going to write about a really strange earworm I had for the first half of last week and tie that into other music and perfume but it didn’t happen (earworm was Uptown Funk – the best line in… Continue Reading
I don’t recall why Chinatown popped into my head recently. I don’t own it and my treasured sample is long gone. But it did. So, we’ll go down that rabbit hole today. Bond No 9 as a perfume house had… Continue Reading
I stopped watching The Great British Bake Off when it moved from the BBC and Mary Berry et al left. I realise that is probably silly, but I feel like Paul Hollywood was the least of the programme. I do… Continue Reading
We’re in our third lockdown and only allowed out for exercise, dog walking, and things like food shops (and all must be very local – I do get grocery deliveries once every two weeks, but everything else comes from local,… Continue Reading
We saw out the last few days of 2020 in a mostly relaxed mode. My wonderful yoga teacher offered a class early morning on the 30th, which was very well attended. All kinds of twists and balances to ready us… Continue Reading