Fog has set in today, thickening by the minute as I ate my breakfast banana. (Yes, I also do brunch bananas, and other alliterative fruit.) This was really just a chance to write about fog, or ‘pea soupers’ as they were called in London in the 19th century. Given all the pollution then, a fog …
Category archives: Writing
Perez de Kailyard
We’re told that inspiration strikes in unlikely places. So today, while hanging up the washing, came up with a new pun on the former UN Secretary General. I thought it could come in useful for someone who is trying to be very diplomatic, and has big intentions, but is limited to operating in (rural?) Scotland. …
One a day
It’s my new regime – although I’ve now broken it by starting a new post after already writing one. Getting my laptop, I decided that moderation would help in my first forays online on my own computer. So: one blog post a day. One friend invite a day on Facebook. All very sober and self-contained. …
Unsaved
So I wrote a lovely post, linking my enjoyment of our (relatively) new bathroom to contentment, world politics, and St Paul, and then it didn’t save. Typical. I actually manage to write about world politics, and nothing’s kept. I should have gone back to the default of setting of writing about food, and all would …
Some rom of my own
Ages since I last wrote a blog post…but hopefully that’s about to change. I am now the proud owner of my very own laptop…Many thanks to Dan who took my list of what I wanted it to do, read up for me, made recommendations, and even collected it today. The title is an attempted play …