The car saga took an unexpected turn this morning, when the insurance company loss adjustor received the repair estimate for our car: having inspected the damage, burned some herbs, cast a few runes, and sacrificed a chicken, he sucked his … Continued
Horrible conditions down at the river this afternoon: harsh light, a thin, cutting wind, and a heavy swell combined to make life difficult for the waterfowl and the photographer. Still, at least I was crouching beside the water rather than … Continued
I thought, I can’t post another tufted duck! – and then realised that I haven’t blipped one since New Year’s Eve. And as I doubt they’ll be gracing their winter quarters for much longer, I decided that you probably wouldn’t … Continued
This is me by about 10pm on any New Year’s Eve since the Millennium – which is the last time R and I were invited to a NYE party. (That, by the way, was more of a boast than a … Continued
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
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
