Monthly Archives: September 2018

Years ago, back when Lizzy was first a barista at Starbucks, she trained a young girl. Ever since, the two of them share a talent for making my latte exactly the same. In a world of differences in coffee preparation, … Continue reading →

Denis Norden died today. It feels like he’s been around forever. His voice at any rate. He was 96 so that probably explains it. Radio 4 was full of his anecdotes. He was a very funny man but also told … Continue reading →

Today I completed the Seapower books and started on Naval Warfare. Lots of books that take apart the reasons behind warfare as seen from a naval point of view. This includes the navy helping the army as well as maritime … Continue reading →

Gardener Dave is on holidays. Again. Michael feels that Gardener Dave has too many holidays. When I asked him where he’d gone this time, Michael reckoned he’d returned to Paris. I guess he must have liked it last time. So, … Continue reading →

We bade Melody a fond farewell this morning after she’d given us six delicious figs from her tree. She intimated that we could nibble them on the way home but we had other plans. Last night Sophie had given us … Continue reading →

The floor at The Old Priory has a serious slope on it. I mentioned that yesterday but I didn’t mention that it slopes in different directions depending on where you are in the room. For instance, the bed slopes back … Continue reading →

Today we were off to Bath so Mirinda could have her semi-regular meeting with her supervisor. Given Sophie and Tom now live just outside Bath in a new house we haven’t yet seen, we figured we’d make a weekend of … Continue reading →

I had an early Talking Newspaper this morning. I gave the girls a few twisty sticks and headed out. The weather was beautiful and perfect for a walk through the park into town. It was still good for the walk … Continue reading →

Being a Tuesday, I was off to Portsmouth today. I managed to enter quite a few copies of Seapower books onto the system then headed for home. Etymological note: As usually happens in the language, the words have merged into … Continue reading →

There’s a certain irony in the kids going back to school. The number of kids on the streets and in the park are drastically reduced for one thing. Actually when they are in the park it’s usually in a long, … Continue reading →