Rosey has her visa. I will be starting a CELTA (teaching English qualification) course next Monday, and in preparation I’m going to bed before 12, getting up before 8 and going for a 45 bike ride every morning. The last time I went to bed before 12 mus…
Sidle up to The Sidewinder on St James’s Street on a typical Tuesday evening and you’ll be treated to an eclectic mix of music from a diverse selection of musicians. Tuesday night is Open Mic Night, which means the floor of the cozy pub is thrown open to anyone with a desire to perform. Hosted [...]
Writers tend to spend a lot of time staring out of the window. What is not so widely known, is that this is part of the writing process and therefore it can be called work.I find it very hard to write in rooms with no or very small windows. If I write …
I’ve recently been pooling some of my creative skills into a minor project that makes me very happy indeed. A little thing called nail art. No really, it’s an actual thing. A very popular one at that if what I’m hearing from the responses is to be believed. Friends are going loopy for my fijazzled* [...]
Image via Wikipedia This was one of those “I feel like having pasta, but what to have with it?” inventions. Then I thought: “Pears! Pears sautéed with ginger…” and the pears were sliced and sautéed while the …
Sometimes, when you look back on past mistakes, you feel, in addition to the sheepishness that you were that misguided, a sense that nobody else has ever been as foolish in the history of the world ever. You could drive yourself mad trying to make sense of how you felt at the time and what [...]
by June Boston I’m not a ‘natural’ cook as is my daughter Alison. In fact I’ve always said my three offspring learned to cook in sheer self-defense! I’ve never been one for cooking shows on TV but Alison’s blog and ̷…
I was on my way to post a letter when my hitherto taciturn neighbour – a swarthy stoner with a rectangular head and sporadic stubble – beckons me over the road. Him: ‘Can I have a quick word?’ Me: (thinking, have I rammed his scooter during one of my bish, bash, bosh parking manoevres, or [...]
When you assume something, you become an asshole. Or so the famous saying claims. Avoid problems with your clients by talking about every detail of your contract. Are you expecting them to provide draft material, or are they expecting you to do everything unaided? Save yourself headaches by having these conversations at the start. [...]
