Hello, Anyone still out there? It’s been a bit hectic here at the Palace of Bundance. I’ve gone back to work full time, by which I mean proper, in the office every day, full time. It would be fair to say it’s been interesting. The job? I’m a bid writer – probably the writiest (yes, it […]
Cold comfort: Ten ways I know it really is winter
It’s winter again. I love winter. A quick glance at the calendar tells me that it’s mid November and the fact we are at 55 degrees north mean that it’s winter. Autumn is over and spring is a very, very long way off. But if you need other clues, here are my top ten hints […]
Pumpkin festival at M&D’s – or something to do on a damp day in October
Seriously scary! Obviously stair-rods style rain wasn’t ideal, but in the end, it didn’t make much difference. “Bad weather always looks worse through a window,” said Tom Lehrer (I could have sworn it was Baden Powell or Kipling, but there you go.) So we put our coats on and went to the pumpkin festival at […]
Pumpkins v turnips
Boy One was moaning about the huge effort it was taking to scrape the goopy stuff out of his pumpkin. “You’re lucky you’ve got pumpkins,” said I. “In my day we had turnips and that was a horrible job – it took ages and the turnip stank. The whole job made your arms ache.” I […]
What did you do at the weekend?
Anyone else over 50 find it takes considerable effort to answer this one? A grinding of gears and a cranking look round at the two days of domesticity and idleness peppered by parental duties. “Pretty quiet. Nice, though,” does the job. I suppose no one is really that interested in anyone’s weekend until the answer […]