1001 cleans a big, big carpet for less than half a crown!
Why do I have the key words of a 1960s carpet shampoo advertising jingle as my post title? Well, if you read on, m'dears, I'll tell 'ee. Like any busy, busy modern multitasking woman (can one say...
View ArticlePride Celebrations in Brighton
I'm contemplating my promise to turn up and support Trans Pride this coming Saturday afternoon with mixed feelings. But I will drive in, somehow find a space to leave Fiona (regardless of expense), and...
View ArticleAdding polished chrome studs to my new red bag
I fell in love with my new red Karen Millen bag on first sight, and I have used no other bag since buying it on 25 June, almost a month ago. This may have something to do with wanting to use a...
View ArticleBleak granite towns
Scotland has a distinctively different appearance from England, largely because the old heart of every town and city is built in stone, most often grey granite. Much of England is built of softer, less...
View ArticleThree very different castles
The UK is stiff with castles big and small, but Scotland is the clear winner, with most of the very best. Unlike England (brought under firm central control by 1500) or Wales (subdued and brought to...
View ArticleThe Flickr puzzle
My Flickr site started up at the same time as this blog, way back in February 2009. Gosh, that seems a long time ago! But of course, it's only six and half years in the past. Like the blog, Flickr...
View ArticleA woman off the street joins a great party in the park: Brighton Pride
I have trans friends to whom I feel very loyal, and so I wasn't really going to stay away from the big summer event for Brighton trans people. In fact I was there for three hours or so, and enjoyed...
View ArticleUltimate home parking solution
I was in Petworth yesterday, which is a small inland town in West Sussex, rather posh. It's full of upmarket home furnishing and antique shops, and the odd boutique with clothes no ordinary mortal...
View ArticleKitchen timers
You can tell that's a hastily-set-up photo, because I've smeared my lipstick, and some of it is on my front teeth. But I knew I couldn't replicate that precise manic expression, and so you must live...
View ArticleSatyrs
In modern parlance, a satyr is a man who indulges himself in every physical pleasure, and especially devours women (in a sexual sense, not as food!). Which is in essence also what a satyr was in the...
View ArticleGoodbye, Cilla
I was mildly shocked to hear about Cilla Black's death. Only seventy-two! She died much too early. Of 'natural causes', they say, subject to the results of the Spanish post-mortem. You immediately...
View ArticleAerobic exercise, Scottish-style
Aberdeen is a great place for shopping. You have the mile-long main street, Union Street, plus three shopping centres off it, of which the one next to the station, Union Square, is the newest and...
View ArticleColourful Scotland
So far you may have got the impression that all the towns and cities of Scotland are grey and sombre. But it isn't true. By which I mean, there are many exceptions. Let me persuade through the medium...
View ArticleNever really mislaid
I had a moment of panic a while ago. I couldn't find my phone! This was most unusual. The realisation that my phone was missing came late in the afternoon, when I was back home following a day out....
View ArticleA new radio
Isn't is strange that, despite the advent of computers and a slew of amazing little gadgets to play with, the good old familiar TV and Radio are still around - and used for much the same things as they...
View ArticleFrom the back seat of a car
I saw M--- the other day. For the first time in over four years. She was on a seat by the roadside, talking with a lady she seemed to know. I was in the back of a BMW car driven by Jo, one of my newer...
View ArticleThe new radio at home. Verdict: superb.
I collected a delivery box from Waitrose at Burgess Hill late yesterday afternoon - the new Ruark R1 Mk3 DAB digital radio, plus a couple of useful accessories, ordered online on Saturday morning from...
View ArticleGalloway
Hurrah! Only five weeks to go now, before I set off in the caravan again! I can't wait. I've been suffering dreadful deprivation symptoms! Oh, I've been having a very pleasant time socially, during...
View ArticleThe Chirk canal tunnel, the Bala steam railway, and lofty Welsh hills
Bear in mind that, at this late stage in my big holiday in May and June, I was suffering from hay fever and I had to push myself to do holiday things! Ironically the weather remained very good -...
View ArticleThe Samaritans
A friend from London came down to Brighton for the day. We met up, and over lunch she told me about her experience of becoming a volunteer for The Samaritans - the organisation you can phone up and...
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