Almost-mono Monday
It was another of those days when it felt as if it would rain for ever, but it wasn’t as heavy as the forecast had suggested it might be, and R and I had some errands to run, so we … Continued
Local Ice Cream
From time to time I amuse myself by wondering what people from the past would think of the way we live now, if they suddenly time-travelled forward from their own era. This pondering began at a time when I was … Continued
A chaos of gulls
A dreary, damp Monday morning in Stratford was enlivened by quarter of an hour at the river, watching a succession of people arriving and throwing bird food, and the absolute scenes that immediately followed. ‘Feeding frenzy’ barely covers it. As … Continued
Emergency Robin
Today wasn’t the best day I’ve ever experienced. After running through the usual Saturday morning chores, I had to go out to Bourton-on-the-Hill for a sectional rehearsal for our upcoming choir concert. This went surprisingly well, to be fair, but … Continued
