I promised a post about information – how we store it, what we do with it. (I am married to Mr Web Company. I appreciate the irony.) Quick answer: why keep information? It’s All Out There Anyway. (The end.) Is it really as simple as that? Yes, with more and more information online, one way …
Category archives: Eco
How to avoid food shopping
This one doesn’t quite seem my style, given my much-professed love of food. And, indeed, of food shopping, sometimes as though I am feeding a garrison rather than a family of three. (Junior Reader is eating more and more now, though, so maybe the garrison is along the right lines.) So it’s a bit strange …
Sloughing my skin
It’s not a new beauty treatment, or any kind of ‘ought to’ activity for January. It’s that thing a snake does, when it sheds its skin, and leaves the old one behind. Call it age increments. Call it January. Call it taking a stance against clutter. Call it spring cleaning, even. Whichever of these it …
A Christmas Carol: sales shopping
The big two days are over. You may be back to work – or equally, off to shop. If Britain is truly a nation of shopkeepers (and yes, I know the actual quotation is only about England), surely this should be our finest hour? I don’t know about you, but there’s a reason I’m at …
A Christmas Carol: Boxing Day
Boxing Day. The detritus from The Big Day is still about (even if you’ve been very particular about clearing up the wrapping paper). The fridge: the leftovers. The paper hats and bits of crackers. The little drifts of new items that don’t yet have homes (particularly if you’ve been staying at someone else’s house). You’re …