I’m not prone to profanity on this blog as a general rule but strictly speaking it is not incorrect to call slugs BASTARDS! Not one single carrot shoot survived since I last wrote about my foray into veggie gardening. It’s unfair of me to blame the slugs really; I’m so inexperienced that if you told [...]
I couldn’t help thinking of that great rum ad that was on Irish screens in recent years as I finished Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers – the story of success. The scene is the Caribbean and a family attempt to park their boat; another boater whips into the space that they finally find and among the insults [...]
Further to a conversation I had with some of my family members recently about our family’s penchant for unusual names, this popped up in my Google Alerts this morning. Baby’s illness made worse by flat, says mum From Malvern Gazette. The woman featured in it is called Roseanne Smith but it’s not me. No doubt [...]
Apologies firstly to anyone who lashed over to read a post about sport. No it’s far more exciting than that! Our carrots are sprouting! The photographic evidence leaves a lot to be desired and I can’t recall why I only took one photo instead of a selection. Hmmm. There will be plenty more where this [...]
Photo right owned by Alotor (cc) Pat Kenny robbed me of part of my adulthood. I’m not saying I particularly looked forward to the period in my life when I would prefer to stay home on a Friday night but two kids later you go through phases where a bottle of wine and your feet [...]
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