Knock. Knock. -Who’s there? -What’d you mean who’s there? Spring. -Spring? I check the calendar. Indeed! Spring has sprung. And my last post is from January. Oh, well, work, work, work, some travel, tons of pictures. Hang on – pictures are a great subject to write about! And writing is a joy with music playing […]
I am feeling upbeat today. Why, you might ask? Because the Christmas-New Year idleness is over. That is, I don’t mean to say that Christmas is all about doing nothing, because, how shall I put it, however modern and workaholic we women might be today, we are still the principle purveyors of Christmas cheer and […]
Ok, let’s be honest. Even those of us whose feet are firmly on the ground can’t resist our wants from time to time, and simply want to get something. We’d like this something to be nice, too. What passes for ‘nice’ varies from person to person, but some things are universal. Anyone who has ever […]
The silence is broken by a soft click … A shiny golden triangle, split characteristically down the middle, catches the sun rays streaming in through the window. A sheet of paper, slightly rough to the touch, rests on a wooden desk, held down gently by the fingers. The nib hovers over the paper momentarily and […]
I was talking to a friend the other day. He complained a lot. Of course, neither of these two facts is special in itself in any way. But his face, our conversation and his complaining have lodged themselves firmly in my mind. So I thought I must get it out of my system here. A […]
I look at my fridge … ‘You’re so dumb,’ I say of it in my thoughts with affection. ‘Even the ice maker and all your freezer programmes don’t make you half-intelligent.’ And my washing machine? Blissfully open to all the errors one can make washing things. Just recently it washed my jumper so the jumper […]
It is silver-gray, but it is not steel, it is soft although it is a metal, it does not corrode even in high temperatures, and it is resistant to inorganic acids. It does not dissolve in aqua regia, to which even gold succumbs. I could go on to say it is more precious than gold, […]
