How’s your to-do list? Miles and miles of things that need done… urgently, or sooner? If it’s anything like mine the urgent is mixed in with dreary must dos, ought tos and would really love to find a minute forsIt sits there, lurking on my computer, nagging and reminding me just how rubbish I am, […]
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Retro Sweets: Like the 1970s but better…
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Do you remember Refreshers? Parma Violets and Love Hearts? Those Swizzels Matlow sweeties have such a strong place in my memories. Nostalgia on a stick… in […]
More of life’s great mysteries…
Why it’s impossible to make a small quantity of coleslaw. I try, really. I’m the only one who really likes it and, even then, not enough to justify the bowl-busting quantities. Why children can hardly be hauled from their beds from Monday to Friday, yet are up with the lark at the weekend. Why four words from […]
Eric is an excellent name for a baby
My grandfather Eric (middle) atop Mont Blanc in 1937 The improbable prospect of Simon Cowell being a father has come to pass. And he and girflfriend Lauren Silverman have welcomed a bouncing boy… called Eric.The name was chosen after Cowell’s late father. Aaah.Though there have been some mutters – it’s not a name for a […]