Last Sunday was Valentine’s Day. The Hub and I did absolutely nothing to celebrate. Why? Because we never celebrate Valentine’s. We really aren’t into “days”, mostly because we don’t like the commercialisation. For mothers/fathers day, we only expect the Barbarians to make us a cuppa and toast in bed for brekky. We’re very much about…
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Life can tumble
It’s funny how in a split second things can change. This morning I had just finished making the Barbarian’s school lunches, was still in my pjs, and the phone rang. The Hub had been in an accident. Just like that life tumbled. I threw on the first clothing I grabbed, told the Barbarians to make…
Favourite websites
In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. Post about your five favourite websites.There are quite a few websites I visit regularly, and as I don’t know how to find statistics on the ones I visit the most, I’m taking a bit of a stab…and grouping them a little.…
Uniquely themed book shop
It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, you can walk into a book store, cast your eye over the aisle labels and head for the book in the genre you are after, right? Well, that was true until recently. Rather than the tried and true categorisation by genre method, a new book shop…
Normal here, but not everywhere
It appears this one has been doing the rounds. The question originally posed was, “What is something that’s normal in your country, but weird for the rest of the world?” It’s a little hard to answer, because how do you know what isn’t normal elsewhere? So I thought I’d put together a few things and…