Before I went to Japan, I did a little research about possible crafty excursions it might be worth making while over there. Pinku has a great list of yarn and craft stores in Tokyo here (see “News Item 3″), and Jan from over at Bemused was also kind enough to give me some tips for […]
I’m back. I’m actually feeling quite refreshed and zingy, which is a change. Usually when I come back from holiday, I feel like I need another one to get over it. I think the exercise, good food, new experiences and Upper Class return flight (thanks to Air Miles), has me in good shape. Japan was […]
I revisited my youth this weekend by spending three days among the pierced, tattooed, bewellied people who are my musical bedfellows. My fourth Reading Festival (the last three being ten plus years ago in 1994, 1995 and 1996). I thought I’d better go again before I enter the ranks of aged folk, and DB hadn’t […]
I lost my Edinburgh Fringe virginity this weekend. I don’t know why it took me so long! Somehow, I’ve never made it up there, most usually because I haven’t thought about it until too late. Thankfully, DB is rather more organised than me, so we booked flights, accommodation and a couple of shows and away […]
I have delighted in the Corners of My Home series. Like lots of people, I take a certain voyeuristic pleasure in seeing the insides of people’s homes. The photos submitted often show highly ‘groomed’ corners, and occasionally I hanker after a real corner. Having said that, it is clear that a lot of thought and […]
Another weekend, another wedding. A second Cambridge college chapel, this time Emmanuel – DB’s alma mater. Interestingly, both Emmanuel and Pembroke college chapels were built by Sir Christopher Wren and, seeing them at close interval, it was apparent that the same hand was behind them. The groom’s mother is a vicar (as is the groom) […]
Argh. We have mice. Or a mouse. We live in a third floor flat so it’s obviously an energetic creature. It must have travelled up to us in hollow wall cavities. We’ve been a bit slovenly with bread crumbs of late (sorry, Mum!) and we found a telling trail in the bread bin which we […]
Is anyone off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival? I’m up there from 18-20 August. Shout if you are – maybe we can pool yarn tips, amongst all the comedians and plays… I’ve booked in for Daniel Kitson on the Friday night and Blackwatch on the Saturday, and probably some randomness in between.
Yet another wedding this Saturday. After a week of clouds and rain, the sun broke through and shone on Pembroke College, Cambridge. The bride was beautiful and my irritation at having a sore toe (I stubbed it on a chair and split it open) and accidentally having too much cleavage, quickly dissapated. We have a […]
What good *news*, Jackanory is returning to our screens. Jackanory was one of my favourite television programmes as a child. It featured wonderful stories told by talented and interesting story-tellers and it really fired up my imagination. The programme was certainly partly responsible for my rapacious appetite for books which I have to this day. […]