Monthly Archives: April 2022

Stuffing crows

Covid and Corvid are two very different things. Today I confused them while discussing a group of four old, influential men who would dress in black and wear masks to make them look like various types of bird – crow, … Continue reading

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Jade’s bottom

Our new neighbours across the street have an annoying habit of leaving their lights on. All night. The front porch light is bad enough, but they’ve also taken to leaving the garage light on as well. It wouldn’t be so … Continue reading

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Continuing blog problem

The blog was up first thing this morning, but not for very long. According to the ever reliable Jetpack, it went down just before I wanted to use it. I wrote to the hosting service. The site came back up … Continue reading

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Blog problems

For some reason, the blog was down all day today. Fortunately, nothing much happened to write about, so that saved me a bit of time. It was a normal Wednesday, so I went into town, did the shopping, spent some … Continue reading

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Being entertained in Bromley

The Bricklayer’s Arms in Bromley is a lovely pub. Okay, some of the staff seemed a bit confused but then again, that could have been because Nicktor will insist on asking tricky gluten related questions. Then, of course, there was … Continue reading

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107th anniversary

In Australia, ANZAC Day is a big thing. I remember, every year at school, standing in the quad, some kids fainting from the heat, the headmaster groaning on about sacrifice and a lone bugler playing the Last Post as we … Continue reading

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We didn’t request a wake up call

What on earth is the point of coffee bags? Rather than anything good, I can only work out that they serve to produce unnecessary litter. Coffee granules dissolve, they leave only the container they came in. Coffee bags are in … Continue reading

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Don’t forget your purple pens, kids

Today I learned that Jack and Jill may have been real because Jack fell down a hill in the town of Kilmersdon, Somerset. Jack may have been hit in the head by a stray rock from a nearby quarry. Jill … Continue reading

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New Swede Day 2022

A year ago, today, we received letters, granting us Swedish residency. Mirinda said we had to celebrate it properly. If we hadn’t had cardamom buns on Monday, I’d have made a batch today but there is such a thing as … Continue reading

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Concatenation of unfortunate events

Normally, my days are largely stress free. In fact, most days, the biggest stress is working out what to make for dinner. Or which cheese to choose at the Waitrose cheese counter. Or whether to get the hoist out or … Continue reading

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