Dec 9, 20235 minALL GO!Today is Saturday and our annual Christmas tree buying day, even though we won't be putting it up for over a week. My building-site-house...
Nov 23, 20233 minFOUR WEEKS TO EIGHT WEEKSQuote of the day: ‘If you feel like you're losing everything, remember that trees lose their leaves every year and they still stand tall...
Oct 17, 20236 minSAME SH1T, DIFFERENT DAYSort of quote above thanks to imgflip.com There’s not been a lot going on between the ears recently. Being entirely truthful, today is...
Sep 29, 20236 minTHE KINDNESS OF STRANGERSIt’s Sunday morning. I cheerily call ‘Hola!’ as I cycle towards a small group of Cubans waiting at a bus stop. It’s exactly the same spot...
Sep 28, 20234 minSMASHING IT!Quote of the day is a message I received from our youngest son Tom, a few days prior to us setting out to Cuba - ‘A holiday + a disaster...
Sep 15, 20232 minAND WE’RE OFF…Sitting here in the afternoon sun in SW France, rural life progresses about me. Tractors are spreading muck over the fields causing a...
Sep 11, 20239 minPLANES, TRAINS AND HURRICANES…Quote of the day: ‘Pro Tip: In the event of a tornado or other such natural disaster, place sausage and/or cheese slices in your pockets...
Aug 31, 20234 minCOUNTING DOWN, DAY TO DAYThere were days during last week when all of us in the house passed on the stairs in the early hours. Either going to, or coming from our...
Aug 23, 20236 minHEATWAVEI need to remember these moments in the depths of winter when we are scratching the ice from the inside of the plastic windows and...