Yoga is actually cool – particularly the things you can do with rubbing your hands together and feeling the energy. Even at 4am, the answer is food. Putting clothes on back to front is uncomfortable – even if it is for the benefit of Pudsey. Next year let’s just go back to pyjamas at school, […]
STV competition and top tea du jour
Everyone likes a nice cup of tea… but I’ve discovered a new tea experience. Jennier Teas takes this to a new level. Beautiful, pure teas with exotic sounding names. Ding Dong Jade Oolong anyone? And what about this glass mug thing with a place to put the leaves. The idea is it’ll clean my palate […]
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Things I learned from my children today #3
Things I learned from my children today #2
Methane can be a verb.“Mum, did you know that farts are made of methane?”“Mmmm, really?”“Yeah. And I just methaned!” Whatever the question is, the answer is probably food. The lesson about swearing has been learned well.“Put that light sabre down,” to Boy One who was waving what I thought was a light sabre in Boy […]
Things I learned from my children today
I’ve learned that Venice is made up of 118 islands. “That’s 118 the same as in the advert, mummy.” I’ve learned that a PSP is nothing like any of the other games machines we already own. It’s the only one you can play LittleBigPlanet on apparently. I’ve learned that there’s nothing wrong at all in […]
Drink – Scotland’s sacred cow
A fiery heart
“We shall go Always a little further…”It’s a line from The Golden Journey to Samarkand by James Elroy Flecker. It’s romantic and inspiring, isn’t it? Makes you come over all brave and selfless.So it’s no wonder that it’s the poem adopted by the SAS. That’s the “who dares wins” SAS of legend and derring-do.And while […]