I had a ridiculously stressful morning, due entirely to my own incompetence. I mentioned about ten days ago that I’d had to resit my six-monthly blood tests, owing to having failed the white count question; then at the beginning of … Continued
Many thanks to everyone who said kind things to me after my dental surgery yesterday. The good news is that my face is less painful today; the bad is that the swelling is more noticeable, and the bruising is emerging. … Continued
Not me, that’s for sure. Today I arrived at the stage of Operation Save JDO’s Canine Tooth that I’ve been dreading: it involved multiple injections, some cutting, much scraping, some ultrasonic drilling, a bone graft, and then quite a lot … Continued
Busy, busy, busy. More shopping (pretty much all done now); cards written; food order tweaked for the umpteenth time; presents wrapped. I’m writing this while doing accounts with my other brain, and then I’m going to watch Groundhog Day while … Continued
I very rarely get them – largely because a couple of measures of anything is pretty much my limit these days – but there’s something particularly mean and piercing about a fizz hangover. I’ve been mainlining carbohydrate all day in … Continued
For several weeks R and I had a slightly tense discussion running, on the subject What do you want to do on your birthday? I had a feeling that “Go to a wildlife reserve and take some photos” probably wasn’t … Continued
The current estimate of the number of starlings roosting in the reed beds at Ham Wall is around 100,000, and having stood in the midst of them and heard the noise they make, I’m not going to quibble with that … Continued
