Well we’re here, in the flat by the sea as we have been many times before. But this time we’re hopefully staying put. What, then, was the very first bit of cleaning and unpacking I did? Ladies and gentlemen, let me present my cabinet of family heirlooms, long envisaged, now an actual reality in my […]
I’ve never read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance but it’s my fella’s main text when it comes to ‘fixing’ the car. I think he’s developed some theory about keeping the windscreen wash topped up as a means to good mechanical karma. This weekend I was engaged in a bit of wax-on-wax-off meditation of […]
As I too am about to get in a car and drive for 8 hours for Christmas, it’s time to bid you farewell for the year. And as is traditional, I’d like to do that by posting an incredibly lame and grainy picture of my Christmas tree. This year snapped with a large ugly garage […]
…lo, water flowed from the garden taps and I was able to wash up. Obviously this still needs tiling and all the rest of it, but honestly, the feeling of water coming out of those taps was almost as good as turning on the tea urn tap in our off-grid cottage. Taps truly are the […]
The idea of moving is looming large on the horizon. How horrible. The flat in London has a cellar, which is a wonderful asset for storing stuff, until the time comes to empty it again. A good friend is also moving soon, and we listlessly discuss just putting all our excess stuff together for a […]