On winning at life (or at least on the train)
I had a train to catch this afternoon and I caught it.
The end.
On being early, late and on time all at once
April 17th, somehow delayed publication.. Yesterday, my colleague announced that due to unforseen private circumstances he was extending his Easter holiday and having today off as well. No problem. He asked me to water the plants. No problem. He told me which bits of glass to give various customers. Again, no problem. And then this: […]
On being blasted by the past (and loving it)
Last night I went dancing. I’ve only been once since I moved north to Berlin. Way back when I lived in the south, I used to go regularly, sometimes twice a week. I had visions of still being as good as I once was.. In reality I was hopeless. At least until I stopped thinking […]
On living round a Dahlien* invasion
Once upon a time, when my kitchen was still a kitchen and I still had a kitchen floor, I went half-price seed shopping with my mother. Mid February I had an unexpected free evening and an unopened bag of compost. I sowed liberally. Despite being clearance stock, every seed germinated.. And since I’m not as […]
On the creation of a domestic Goddess
I recently bought a second hand copy of Nigella Lawson’s book, “How to be a domestic goddess”. I haven’t read it yet. Obviously. ‘Obviously’ because I am so far away from becoming a domestic goddess it’s not even funny. If I was going to be eligible for any kind of goddess title, ‘domestic’ would come […]
On seeing (and D-ing)
Recently A month ago (!!) I wrote about how well things were going. Pretty much directly after pressing publish, my mood and my house nosedived into a swamp of grey, exhausted ugh. Like before, I blame the vitamin D. Except in this case more the lack of. *** Some history: When my deficiency was first […]
On eating beans on toast
The other day I heated a tin of beans, laid the table, toasted some slightly stale bread, took a lump of cheese out of the fridge, the grater out of the drawer and sat down to beans on toast. As I poured the beans onto my toast I was suddenly reminded of the post I […]
On late night loo roll hunting (and locks)
Occasionally I think I’m getting the hang of this adulting lark. This week, for instance, I consistently got to work an hour (or more) earlier than the week before (and most of last year if I’m honest). It meant making a huge effort to go to bed early and actually getting up when the alarm […]
On rowing at midnight
I have a rowing machine. I bought it on a whim when I bought my aquarium. Not necessarily an obvious connection but they were both second hand and being sold by the same family. And I’d already borrowed the van. It’s not especially good quality. It’s not, according to my brother who actually rows, a […]
On finding a common denominator
Question: What do the following items have in common? A hand powered mixer A box of gravy thickening powder A mop head A trangia (camping cooker with stacking saucepans) A laptop A hand powered ‘vacuum’ /carpet sweeper A tape measure *** No prizes, but perhaps I’ll give the guessers an honourable mention in the next […]
On learning how to wash ones hands
Until today I kind of assumed that I knew how to wash my hands. This poster on the mirror of the outpatient department* let me know how little I knew. I’m uploading a photo of the 8 illustrated steps in case anyone else needs directions.. ;p I have no idea what the products are and […]
On chasing rainbows
This morning a rainbow appeared. It wasn’t raining where I was and the sky was cloud-free everywhere but directly around the rainbow. Despite trying various positions, I couldn’t find one suitable for getting a picture of the whole curve – this was the most I could get on the screen of my phone at once. […]
Happy New Year to everyone
Hope you are all celebrating in a manner you approve of 🙂
Happy Christmas! :)
If anyone wants any glass decorations for next year.. Just ask 🙂
On marbelous biscuits
There was a plan for them to be more obviously swirly (I even added contrasting chocolate chips to each mixture) but I seem to have forgotten how easily colours mix together and become sludgy – it’s obviously been too long since I last played with playdoh…