Monthly Archives: February 2018

This week Monali launched her new website, promoting her delicious, delicious food. Eventually she’ll become a restaurant but for now, drooling has to be limited to the digital. Monali’s website Nothing so gorgeous here at home. In fact, I had … Continue reading →

It was a tad chilly in the park today. There was a lot of off and on snow flurries throughout the day but mostly it was just freezing (literally) cold. The walk to the gym was cold, the walk back … Continue reading →

I didn’t see any bright white flowers today but I certainly saw snow. I managed to walk through a number of flurries, interspersed with moments of blue sky and sunshine. The temperature didn’t manage to get much above zero all … Continue reading →

The base of our bed is very poorly designed. Rather than being attached to anything, the central rib into which the slats slot, is, basically, a length of rectangular metal conduit, hollow and rigid. It sits, either end, upon brackets … Continue reading →

The Battle of Delville Wood was one of a lot of small fights in World War I during 1916, forming part of the overall Battle of the Somme. Delville Wood was an excellent strategic position for both sides and the … Continue reading →

There was a bit of a feathery flurry in the Talking Newspaper studio today. Firstly, in the Haslemere edition which I was presenting, David had a story about a bunch of bird watchers reporting on their watching numerous birds. He … Continue reading →

What can I say about Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart? The first thing that springs to mind is that it was way too long. The end threatened many times but too many times didn’t arrive. The thing is that a ‘verse … Continue reading →

I quite often look at the stats on this blog. Generally there’s not a lot of interest but today I noticed someone from the Gambia had visited. It took me a while to realise who it was. In fact, it … Continue reading →

Gardener Dave turned up this morning with his helper and they took almost two hours to put the gravel board at the base of the back fence. They did take away all of the rubbish as well, which is good … Continue reading →