It’s not just toys for boys. I may not feel the need to browse hardware stores, but I like equipment just the same. In my case, it’s usually kitchen related. But every now and then, I find something that does just what I want, in a way that makes it stand apart from regular equipment. …
Author archives: alison
Going my way?
It’s not about asking for a lift. But those days when things go OK – in fact, go to plan, or if we’re lucky, even better – they do lift us. So today’s thing to treasure is life going better than expected. Sudden rays of sunshine when the forecast was for cloud. What brightens the …
Getting ahead
Lots to write about with autumn all around. Beautiful day today. Brights skies, crisp leaves, all right, more slushy leaves than crisp ones, but still. Yes, the nights are drawing in, but on days like this, it’s easier to pretend they’re not. But what was the thing to treasure today? Being five minutes’ ahead of …
Solitary walks
Weekend with family, and all of a sudden, people need to be in different places at the same time. Rather uncharacteristically, I drive one person back to cook, drive back, and set out on foot to catch up the others. I don’t get many solitary walks these days. Not ones where you’re in the country …
Rain on the windows
Over in Facebookland, a friend of mine is doing a daily update of something she’s thankful for, in the run up to Thanksgiving. I suppose this set of musings is a fairly similar notion. Some of the idea of the ‘box of delights’ is a reappreciation of little things – with perhaps some encouragement to …