Are you like me in that you enjoy achieving a sense of completeness? I like getting in on the ‘ground floor’ of something and seeing it through to the finish. Perhaps that’s one reason why it’s always a little exciting… (READ MORE)
Hello there! I hope you’re well and that June is treating you kindly. Thanks so much for your lovely comments and visits over the past couple of weeks … I’ll catch up with you all as soon as I can… (READ MORE)
While the season officially began at the start of June, winter felt like it hadn’t actually properly arrived until last week. I was a little unprepared for it to be honest, so was caught out in cold temperatures without a… (READ MORE)
Saturday nights on long weekends are rather wonderful, don’t you think? … Of course any Saturday night is a delight, but knowing there’s an extra day to be spent however you wish, just makes them seem so much more luxuriant…. (READ MORE)
If eyes are considered ‘the windows to the soul’, surely the books we keep on our nightstands could be seen as ‘the doorways to the mind’. Or perhaps this is just something true of me. I had to laugh the… (READ MORE)
Are you a collector of words? You probably already know that I am. I love words in all their different forms and compositions, and that partly explains why books have been, and will continue to be, such an important part… (READ MORE)
‘So she’s really serious about this whole mustard yellow obsession?’ ‘Well she sure seemed excited when she found me’. ‘Hmmm, I’ve seen her looking at my white porcelain finish lately … I wonder if I should be worried?’ Goodness, it’s… (READ MORE)
There are many cliches that can be rattled out here … red wine, aged cheese, single malt whisky (not that I’ve ever tasted that last one). But there are also other wonderful things which improve as they develop over time… (READ MORE)
Perhaps the reason I’ve been more there than here, is because I’ve been spending too much time in my head. There just seems to be more stuff than usual to think about. Or maybe I’m a little too preoccupied with… (READ MORE)