On patience

Posted on Oct 30, 2024

What is going on? The unseasonably warm damp weather we are having means that the grass is still growing. And growing. So we’ve been mowing. And mowing, in what feels like a Sisyphean task. We need to do the front lawn again, having just...

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On natural imperfection

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

August proved not to be so restful as I had hoped. A vain hope perhaps as our chambre d'hôte was delightfully busy, our...

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On the perfect kitchen

Posted on Jul 30, 2024

It will, no doubt, surprise you to learn that I have developed a passion for jam making. And also relishes. And pickles....

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On “a pensive lustre”

Posted on Jun 25, 2024

One, or perhaps the main, reason for moving further east and south was the lure/dream of better weather. Of summers with...

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On something in the air

Posted on May 28, 2024

I think the Universe is trying to tell me something. For in this latest issue of Maria Brito’s The Groove newsletter...

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On distraction

Posted on Apr 30, 2024

Having just arrived back from holiday, I am finding it a challenge to get back into the groove of creating. Formally...

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On connection

Posted on Mar 27, 2024

Bonjour/Hello, having sworn to myself, and to Himself, we would not still be surrounded by boxes a year after moving to...

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On universal laws

Posted on Feb 27, 2024

Hello/Bonjour, you find me contemplating Hofstadter’s law, which states that… It always takes longer than you...

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On holiday weather

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

Bonne année/happy new year! You will, no doubt, recall that I have been working on a design with a talented young...

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On delight

Posted on Dec 19, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, you will, I am sure, be trembling with anticipation to learn that my samples have finally, thrillingly,...

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On natural decorating

Posted on Nov 21, 2023

Bonjour/Hello, you will, no doubt, be delighted to learn that the painting of the dining room is progressing as it...

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