Signed on then cycled to Gateshead to visit the library and go charity shopping ( Read more... )

My dentist has gone totally private, so went to negotiate my rate for the year under 'Denplan'. Groan ( Read more... )

I made whiskey ice cream last night, the first time that I have ever attempted to make ice cream. It was all organic and surprisingly easy to do. Though I had to use Jim Beam as we had no Scotch. Not all organic then ( Read more... )

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Postman delivered the ReR order I'd made for a This Heat boxed set and the Homosexuals reissue. Been waiting to order both for some time, being highly influential in my musical development and tastes. Odd that I should buy them while I'm on the dole, rather than when I had employment (and theoretically) more dosh ( Read more... )

A record I forgot that I found in Finland ... a blue Philips 45 with no date, and Arabic script, but it says Sabah on both sides, so I presume she might be the female singer featured. Side A is called Aal Eih Beyheb, and side B is called the same - perhaps a two-sided song like American Pie - or am I being too Eurocentric ( Read more... )

I'm reacquainting myself with the wonder of Susanna Hoffs' voice ( Read more... )

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Just got back from a totally relaxed time in Finland, travelling in and to Helsinki, Tampere, Jyvaskyla and Pihtipudas. In the latter we stayed in a cottage on an island in a forest. As peaceful an experience as I've ever had, and where I sauna-ed, swam naked in a lake, fished with a net and rowed a boat. All new experiences for me - except the ( Read more... )

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