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Fantastic Flavours

My five, favourite, foodie items of the moment

Apr 7 •

March 2024

The Bare Bones of my Garden

This is the time of year when I can see the bare bones of my garden and I relish it. The two areas of lawn, with beds around them, are based on ellipses…

Mar 24 •

It's amazing what you can learn on a dog walk

A heron and cow parsley in May on the River Crane I walked Finlay, our Cocker Spaniel, on one of our regular routes this morning which takes us along…

Mar 10 •

February 2024

Don’t skip the intro

You might just miss a great song

Feb 25 •

How I learned to understand men a little bit more

Back when I was working in a corporate environment, I had a surreal water-cooler moment that has stuck with me many years later. I was making a coffee…

Feb 11 •

January 2024

Be happy while yer livin', for yer a long time deid'

So goes the old Scottish proverb

Jan 28 •

The sweetest video

prompted my de-cluttering frenzy

Jan 14 •

December 2023

We went to the panto this week

"Oh yes we did!"

Dec 31, 2023 •

Christmas is all about traditions

Just don't try to change them.....

Dec 17, 2023 •

These are a Few of my Favourite Things

100 objects and images and the stories behind them

Dec 3, 2023 •

November 2023

Good News Is No News....

Why do we all prefer bad news?

Nov 19, 2023 •

How Do We Say Goodbye To Someone We Love?

Photo by Yutacar on Unsplash I wrote, last time, about the recent death of my brother Nick. It is his funeral next week, or at least, that’s when we…

Nov 5, 2023 •

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