Monthly Archives: January 2022

I have returned to Starbucks. The staff seem to now only be wearing masks out of personal choice as opposed to orders from above. I realise it’s a failing on my part, but I really don’t like talking to people … Continue reading →

Mirinda wanted a greenhouse in order to propagate plants, overwinter some of the less hardy plants in our garden and to have somewhere for a cup of tea. I wanted it to grow tomatoes, but we went to Sweden and … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, the Crazies pulled down an old shed they had in the back garden. When I say they ‘pulled’ it down, it was more like frustrated demolition taken out on a structure with sledgehammers. There was a … Continue reading →

Celia Fiennes (1662-1741) was a seriously amazing woman. At a time before people travelled for pleasure, she set out, on horse back and accompanied by only a couple of servants, to traverse every county in England. And she wrote a … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago, I read a report which claimed that the Covid virus can survive up to 109 hours outside a host. That’s on all manner of surfaces, including plastic. On the other hand, a couple of weeks … Continue reading →

We have decided that on veggie days, we should have lunch as well as dinner. In other words, two meals. The reason is because of a general lack of protein. So, today I made a double batch of delicious leek … Continue reading →

I didn’t realise that Canada, in 1914, was, basically, another bit of Britain. They didn’t have much autonomy. They didn’t even have their own passports. That didn’t happen until 1947. Consequently, when war was declared in August, the Canadian armed … Continue reading →

In 2002, Nobel award winning psychologist, Danny Kahneman, wrote an article regarding a study into happiness. Published in 2004, A survey method for characterizing daily life experience: the day construction method, looked at in which daily activities people found the … Continue reading →