Another day of vile weather (PLEASE. MAKE. IT. STOP.) left me with nowhere to go, and nothing more interesting to do than working on my jigsaw and reading Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends on my Kindle. Which I’d happily … Continued
Wikipedia tells me that “forerunners to modern Brussels sprouts were probably cultivated in Ancient Rome. Brussels sprouts as they are now known were grown possibly as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium. The first written reference … Continued
They say that bad things come in threes, but luckily I’m not superstitious, and I’m not counting. I woke up this morning, tried to turn over, and discovered that I couldn’t, because I’d put my back out at some point … Continued
R and I did Christmas shopping this morning – actual, real-time, on-the-high-street, putting-money-into-the-local-economy shopping – and I survived. Congratulations (and cold flannels for the mopping of my fevered brow) may be sent to the usual address. He’s an interesting person, … Continued
I was thinking about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris this morning. When she took to the stage in Delaware last night she was sporting a white trouser suit, which some observers took as a tribute to Hillary Clinton, but most said … Continued
I spent – let’s not calculate how long, because it won’t make us feel any better, but quite a long time – producing focus stacks of this, taken in flat light. And then I threw them all in the trash … Continued
