Pretty shoes are so much a thing of the past that I might almost be persuaded that I had never owned such a thing. I was 40 when arthritis attacked the large joint in my right big toe, since when heels and low cut courts have been impossible to wear. I wear Old Woman shoes. …
Category archives: Living
The pudding of doom
Our weekend shopping yielded a pack of croissants and the necessary requirement of some strawberry preserve. The croissants we had for breakfast on Sunday were actually pretty awful but the jam was nice, a high fruit content preserve made from a mix of wild and cultivated strawberries. I was pondering the preserve when I realised …
You make me feel like dancing
I mentioned that I wanted to talk about a programme that I found on the BBC’s iPlayer, You Make me Feel Like Dancing. It’s low-budget “reality” TV. Not something I might normally stumble across but I was so taken by the blurb that I had to watch it and find out more. [su_quote]Series following choreographer …
I am soooo sorry
I do apologise. I have no idea what got into me yesterday. Was I very boring? I certainly left myself feeling very exposed… Today I wrote a very long post following on – basically the introspective mood had continued and I had something of an epiphany at 3 am, about examinations of all things! However, …
Fundamentally weird
There’s a spelling thing, a mnemonic, that says we should always remember to include the we in weird. That way we don’t slip up and spell it as wierd instead, which is a pretty weird spelling of weird, when you stop to think about it. I wonder if there is a mnemonic to remind one …
The outlook is rosy
What is this? Well, yes, it is pink. Self-discipline was never going to be the preferred modus operandi for long now, was it? Let’s get real. It’s early January, the sun has not been seen for days and every time that I look out of the door it is blowin’ a hoolie. Was I really …