I can’t really describe this book as anything other than an experience. It’s heartwarming and serene, playful and curious, sentimental and sad. It is fun facts and first-hand observations. It’s a love letter to what is and a longing to change what might become. It’s a book. It...
Today, as you probably know, Friday. We are having a takeaway curry from the Castle View and last night I tried calling to book a slot – they get v busy. Their phone was up the swanee. I got a busy tone all night. Can’t believe they took it off the hook because they were get...
Jazz up the holidays with basil Christmas tree croutons. Nothing escapes the red and greening of the holidays in my house … including soup! And roasted red pepper soup with Christmas tree-shaped pesto croutons is about as festive as you can get in the soup world. While soup may not be ...
Beguine the Beguine is on the record player, and I’m swinging around the music room, elated with the energy that forced me to dance, turn off the mind entirely. Total bliss. Dance has been with me since as far back as I can remember, the answer to a mood change, without drugs or ...
None of my photographs show the entrance to the carnival, which is not as pretty as you would think, as there is a parking lot in front of what I would call the “front” of the carnival. And I can’t see an overall theme on how the carnival is arranged, except the food booths ...
Google was my friend here. Of course you can still buy string vests. Amazon obviously. Now there are two points worth making here. Firstly there may well be other sources of a garment that is at once traditional and utilitarian but I didn’t scroll down on my phone to take a look. Le...
I can recommend Bad Ischl –with dozens of pools of different temperatures and a warm lazy river. We did an awesome via for the second time next to the Eiger! Starting with a hour long hike from Kleine Sheidigg (where my dad worked at the fancy Bellevue hotel for a winter season when...
The parade drew an enormous crowd once again and included dozens of community groups, venues from the gay village, and corporate sponsors. I can reflect that a decade ago there was little to the LGBTQ+ community groups but now they are flourishing and include Midlands Out Badminton, Swifts ...
If there is one area of baby names that I am an extreme expert in, it’s pronunciation. It’s what we do atName Your Tune. For us it’s always about how a name sounds. We have implemented as many checkpoints as we can to ensure that every child hears their name in our songs in...
Hani invited me to try a bite, and cautiously, I did. The farmers cheese was firm, a lttle crumbly, and sweet. No goaty tang. It was delicious! I asked him his secret, and he told me, but now as I write this, I can’t remember what it was. I do recall that he had a cool...