It’s a funny old world. Very much in the sense of peculiar rather than haha, and certainly not LOL. It has struck me lately that all the things one might wish for come with the warning that if you get too much you won’t be happy. In fact, you’re likely to be even less happy […]
Medium-sized missive from the palace of Bundance
The sideboard is still littered with bilious orange sweeties left over from Halloween yet Christmas has started to loom. This year, the first hearing of “it’s Christmaaaaaaas” in a retail environment was recorded the Friday before last. However, it hasn’t triggered it’s usual fit of fury and resistance. I’m calm and, whisper it, even looking […]
Is anyone else losing their marbles?
A slacker’s guide to Treasure Island
Change, Change, Change… Change of Life
What happens when you trap almost 500 middle-aged women into a confined space for a couple of hours? Wherever you are on the oestrogen spectrum, you’d be inclined to think that the outcome would be, to say the least, tetchy. Especially if some of the women had had their gin confiscated. But you’d be wrong. […]