Normally when I write there is a certain amount of staring into the middle distance, but not this morning ( Read more... )

From everyone, though I think
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I clicked to this when I first came across it. I remembered being aware of the phenomenon at the age of six: as a game, I was running away from my grandmother, and realised that as I ran I was becoming genuinely frightened, though there was no reason to ( Read more... )

The good: I have done a lot in various places this year ( Read more... )

Given that I have been a driver for more of my adult life than I was a non-driver, I am ridiculously pleased to have, once again, got myself, two doggies, G and G's motor scooter to Sidmouth and back safely. The ex ambulance minibus is a splendid thing to drive, but it is BIG. So big that as well as said motor scooter it took three tents (one not ( Read more... )

I'm watching BBC News this morning and there was, of course, a bit on the Tour de France ( Read more... )

When making a soup that contains both whole green chilis and French beans, do not, repeat NOT cut the beans to the same length as the chilis.

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U O A O
I O thee:
Y O A O?
O O me!

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In July the sun is hot.
Is it shining? No, it's not!

Michael Flanders

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If I were designing a hat for Ladies' Day it would have a broad, stiff, downward titling brim and be made out of the fabric used for umbrellas.

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