1. The blue and white mug that He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named gave me for Christmas and which I use for my work tea. It's so much nicer than the communal mugs which are scummed with brown rings. And one of them has a picture of a Scotsman's bottom on it.
2. Receiving praise for the way I have conducted my love life. For once.
3. When decorative men come up to enquire whether or not PaulV is homosexual.
Open space, weather and turkey oak.
1. Even a small bag of books given to Oxfam has opened up space on our shelves for new books that we might want to read. 2. 'This weathe...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...