• The week that wouldn’t stop

    The week that wouldn’t stop

    We still have no bathroom, no shower, and no washing machine.

  • Wonderful serendipity

    Wonderful serendipity

    Here I am at the beginning of another week, and I can’t help wondering where on…

  • Weird Dreams

    Weird Dreams

    After a day cleaning the house from top to bottom, I slept on the sofa last…

  • Can it get any worse?

    Can it get any worse?

    My other half went down with the bug that’s gone through the house this morning -…

  • One thing after another

    One thing after another

    We are having the downstairs bathroom ripped out at the moment.

  • A reboot of sorts

    A reboot of sorts

    I simplified the front page of the blog this evening – returning it to it’s old-school…

  • Running on Empty

    Running on Empty

    At 1am yesterday evening – just as we were switching the lights off around the house,…

  • February Arrives

    February Arrives

    The clock ticked past midnight half an hour ago, and ushered February into existence – or…

  • Midnight

    Midnight

    I sat down late last night to write something, then dithered over the opening sentence for…

  • That sinking feeling

    That sinking feeling

    While getting on with my work early this afternoon, the community midwife arrived at our door…

  • Seven in the House

    Seven in the House

    It’s been remarkably quiet in the house over the last few days.

  • Gojira

    Gojira

    My eldest daughter arrived home from Japan this evening – a bucket-list trip she has been…