This has been an odd week. For reasons that I have yet to fathom I have been in a bit of a daze and struggling to do anything at all, let alone the positive things that I know I should, or could, be doing to get my life moving forwards, even a little bit. Just… Continue reading Consuming
Yesterday I met a fabulous friend for lunch. We are spoiled people who live in a city in Western country and so we met at a shopping centre where there must be around 50 places to choose to eat at in relatively close proximity. We had decided to eat in the bookshop café where they… Continue reading Eating Out
So, this is the academic year when me and most of my friends turn 40. As the person with a summer birthday, I get to stay in my thirties for a little bit longer than everyone else but this also means that I have a whole 12 months of watching them deal with it in… Continue reading 40 things before the big 4 0
I have spent much of my life, so far at least, living vicariously through the experiences of others. I live through film, television and books and on the periphery of the lives of my loved ones. I experience by proxy. It started with the books I would plough through, one a day, as a… Continue reading Living without an ending
A few – actually probably quite a lot of – years ago my friends and I became big fans of Avenue Q. We went more than once to see the fabulous original London cast do their thing. We loved how funny puppet sex is and related to many of the issues. The last song… Continue reading Was Avenue Q right all along?
Last week I watched the fascinating documentary Everything Is Copy, about the life of Nora Ephron. I’ve been trying to track it down since I first heard about it around the time she died and I finally managed to get it downloaded on a friend’s satellite box. In many ways it told me little that… Continue reading Why I Adore Nora
Friday was a difficult day for me; that thing that I used to mock as never going to happen actually took place and Donald Trump became the President of the United States of America. I was one of those people who watched the Celebrity Apprentice as a humorous guilty pleasure. I laughed through his preposterous… Continue reading Trump and marching
The other day I was in the supermarket with a friend and we had this moment of revelation about how different our initial reaction to things is. Sure, this was over some new type of bread but it had a much deeper resonance for us. My friend is always initially sceptical, quickly investigates and then,… Continue reading Reactions
Happy New Year! Yay and welcome to 2017. Well, let’s all hope it will be a happy one. If you have the patience (and bravery) to read any newspaper or blog news website at the moment you will see that they are all keen to tell you that health and appearance miracles are possible if… Continue reading New Year resolutions
Well, I think it’s official. 2016 has sucked, big time, but it’s now nearly done. We are almost finished with it – under 2 weeks until it’s over – during which we can sleep, eat, reflect and hopefully have a little bit of downtime alone and with loved ones. Have a happy holidays in 2016 –… Continue reading Holidays 2016
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