I think you know by now that I like the odd pun, a spot of alliteration. So when I say playing with worms, it’s really about playing with words. There. Â Just to reassure you. Playing with words may not feel like playing a game – and in a sense, it’s not. But wordplay is still …
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Game on: confessions of a reluctant game-player
I had a plan, see. Six topics: six months. Â Then I’d go round the topics again. Five down already. And the next one up was due to be travel. Except that I’m not in the mood yet. To do a month of travel posts, you really need pictures to go with them. And I’m not …
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Eco audit: country mouse
These days, it’s quite trendy to holiday in the country. Â As countrified as you can. Â Glamping. Â Staying on eco farms. Â All that sort of thing. One of the great gifts my parents gave me was to take us somewhere in the country for our summer holidays. Â Not quite off-grid, in modern parlance, but sometimes, that …
Eco audit: making your own entertainment
I don’t mean you have to gather round the piano. Â (But you can if you like.) I’m thinking about ways to relax, be with others, that are also not too draining on the environment. In my teens, it was books and music – and TV at points. Â The obligatory Friday night long soak in the …
All together now
Weekend. No plans. It’s the best. Let there be downtime. But part of the downtime is not just time to yourself – it’s also time together. Now I tend to be a time on my own girl. That’s how I recharge. So quite a lot of the box of delights contents so far have been …