Another title I planned a while ago, and on a much happier note. I’m no expert, but I’m fond of the odd haystack. Bountiful nature and all that. Going on holiday to the Isle of Jura most summers when I was growing up, a relative there still had a smallholding, and you could see him …
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Horrors and public transport
I planned this title on the way home. Should it be horrors of…? when in fact I am a card-carrying (well, bus pass carrying) bus user, or horrors on…? There are many of these, particularly the ones who listen to music tracks at double speed on their mobiles, at full volume. The thing is, neither. …
Comfort food
Now for once, this post isn’t about food. Caught you there! Sunday does seem to be a day for comfort food versions of TV though. One of the Channel 4 repeats channels had wall to wall recent Jamie Oliver episodes – everything to do with the veg you’ve just grown (so I guess food does …
This year’s catch phrases
Having spent a week with 4 children, felt the need to capture a few of this year’s catch phrases from them. As we now see them (and their parents) about once a year, what they can say and do moves on a lot. We continue to use last year’s phrases, brush them off and bring …
Taking stock
Back to Edinburgh yesterday, after a couple of weeks’ holiday. The crunch of coming back is not so bad, although the quality of greyness this morning made me realise why some people decamp abroad for the entire winter…Admittedly, we’ve been spoiled, with quite a lot of sunshine and heat in the south of France, followed …