Cornfed
This may look more like performance art than lunch, but he ate a lot of corn, and absolutely loved it. Most food that he’s offered at the moment seems to end up on the floor in very short order, but … Continued
Mother’s Day
I have a slightly stressy relationship with Mother’s Day: my mother died several years ago, and I’ve never had a high enough opinion of my own parenting skills to believe that they deserved celebration. But this year I’ve had a … Continued
Christmas bokeh
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
Middle class problems
The piano tuner came today, and there’s nothing more calculated to drive me from my desk than the noise of a piano being tuned in the room immediately below my study. I thought about going out for a walk, but … Continued
Ratafia de coings
On a day when I had to brave bitter, driving rain to fill up the bird feeders, because even in those conditions tiny garden birds were queueing up hoping for food, and R decided that it was time to break … Continued