My vegetable garden experiment continues. There are pleasant successes and utter failures but I am hopefully learning something from both and not discouraged by the latter. Lettuce and mixed salad leaves are probably my biggest success, alongside potatoes. I now need to work on how many I plant at one time so that I doContinue reading “The Garden Experiment.”
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The Reason.
In a previous post I promised to explain the ‘reason’ I was in Paris enjoying good food, culture and cemetery strolls. Unfortunately, excitement and life got in the way of a prompt explanation so here I am, over a week late, catching up on the news! For many years I have been trying to getContinue reading “The Reason.”
Music: the food of life.
I love music. I love many genres of music to the point of eclecticity and possibly eccentricity. (I am aware I made up the first of these words before someone calls the grammar and language police). My old CD collection has classical, country, folk, rock, pop, jazz, soul, blues. Infact if there is a musicalContinue reading “Music: the food of life.”
Moving on
My plan to delete certain social media sites is still ongoing but two out of the three have now gone and I must say, while I thought it would be difficult, it has been surprisingly easy to achieve. Also surprising is that I am reading more, and in more depth. I was finding that I,Continue reading “Moving on”
Social Media, Farewell (ish)
It is a truth, universally acknowledged by the snarky, that social media is not an airport and, therefore, one doesn’t need to announce one’s departure. And yet I feel I need to acknowledge that departure, not least because it has been a difficult, if inevitable, decision to leave. I was slow to the social mediaContinue reading “Social Media, Farewell (ish)”
The Punch
Books are awesome. We all know this. Books transport us, enlighten us, encourage us and so much more. Every now and then books can give a real punch to the gut that can leave the reader reeling, such as reading something unexpectedly pertinent to this moment. While I deeply and sincerely hope the Palestine-Israeli ceasefireContinue reading “The Punch”
A Year of Swedish Death Cleaning.
I’m not sure if, at the age of 63, I am early or late to the Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. The hyper-organised will have been doing it all their lives while the cluttered collectors among us will likely continue to look the other way. I have decided to embrace it and have begun theContinue reading “A Year of Swedish Death Cleaning.”
Edinburgh Fringe 2023
4 days, 12 events. Day Two Day two of our fesitval jaunt was our most varied. We began in a leisurely manner at the Book Festival listening to Richart T. Kelly talk about his new book, The Black Eden, set in Scotland over the period of discovery and early exploration for oil. I hadn’t readContinue reading “Edinburgh Fringe 2023”
Edinburgh Fringe 2023
4 days, 12 events. Day One ‘What was your favourite bit?’ I used to ask The Bombers this question after we had enjoyed a day out or event. Sometimes the answers would be clear cut and at other times there would be several moments that had given pleasure or revealed the different ‘take aways’ forContinue reading “Edinburgh Fringe 2023”
Eriskay and the S.S. Politician
The Outer Hebrides have benefitted in recent years from the connection of several of the islands by causways allowing easy travel between them. It is now possible to visit ten islands from Vatersay in the south to Lewis in the north via two ferries and six causeways. I first visited these wonderful islands five yearsContinue reading “Eriskay and the S.S. Politician”
Significantly Different 