Summer is coming! Don’t get me wrong, I love Spring, but I always wish it was a little warmer…and by the time I’ve finished hanging my washing out to dry, April showers usually decide to make an appearance! Hopefully we’ll have plenty of warmer weather to come, which means spending weekends and the summer break […]
Things I learned from going up the Glasgow Tower.
It’s not, in fact, broken. It first opened in 2001, proud above the Glasgow skyline, back before that part of the city became trendy. I don’t remember the grand opening, but I do remember the subsequent closings and even the slightly dramatic rescue of trapped visitors. All the problems have been fixed now, apparently. […]
On tea, breakfast and bouncing… things I’ve learned lately
The power of new words and why we need more
Without Shakespeare, there would be no managers, no swagger, no addiction, nothing bedazzling, new-fangled or gloomy. And these are just a few of the words he invented. There’s nothing new about neologisms. We’re always coming up with a word for something we need to talk about. Freakshakes, fat-bergs, manspaining, covfefe, floordrobes and hygge, for example. […]
