Wednesdays are one of my favourite days. I’ve mentioned this before, but today Work was tiring and the relaxation of eating chicken whilst killing zombies with MiL was very appreciated. Three days since my birthday and the world has moved on to other games and circumstances. The Jellicle spent the evening testing out a virtual … Read More
This year I’ve really got into my skincare regime. I’ve even blogged about it. Over the last couple of years I’ve seen more lasses get into South Korean make-up, especially those with sensitive skin and on the periphery of that the skincare products. I was blown away by the South Korean lines when I was … Read More
I have, I think, blogged about Neil Gaiman before. Unfortunately he seems to have been in the bundle of the year that this blog is missing. Generally I think of him as the poor man’s Alan Moore, he never quite goes far enough for me and has the very Stephen King habit of making sure … Read More
I admit it, I get irritated by the phrase ‘I feel so blessed’. It gets my hackles up and I associate it with the sort of upper middle class showing off of round robin Christmas letters. The sort of ‘Christians’ who don’t seem to have taken on board the whole rich man heaven camel eye … Read More
I am laying on the sofa listening to (and half watching) a YouTube playlist of Leonard Cohen music. The Jellicle is upstairs sorting her medical stuff and Weasel is out. I am reflecting that I cannot imagine a life without music. Every so often on Desert Island Discs or in the pub or something I … Read More
I’ve written before about having been a Girl Guide and maybe mentioned that The Jellicle thinks they’re some kind of secret cult organisation. Today is Thinking Day, which is the day celebrated as a sort of founding day by most Guides and Brownies and Scouts. The weirdness that is having the same birthday as your … Read More
One of my abiding memories from Japan is getting invited to a salon with some ladies who worked with Skimble and them poking fun at her for not having a skincare/beauty regime. Then explaining that it was delightful I was proud of mine (cleanse, tone, moisturise, use a witch-hazel stick on my spots) but that … Read More
You know, I didn’t start blogging in 2003, I started blogging in 2002 in my final year of uni waaaaay back in the webcam house. This blog’s archives go back to 2003 because I lost the webcam house diary along the way. I think there’s also a missing year in this blog’s archives but I … Read More
If you don’t believe me then chances are I’m telling the truth. I’m a great story teller, I have a lot of them and I exagerate and emphasise and all the rest of it and people enjoy my stories but I have noticed that when I just tell people things as they happen or have … Read More
The Eyes suggested I blog a memory for each year of my life – mainly as a writing prompt, so this is what I’m doing. I’ve done, one and two already but three is a little trickier. As I’ve described I find my very early memories to be like small islands floating in a sea … Read More
