On the pink

Posted on Oct 24, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, you find me pondering one of life’s great imponderables… is the pink the perfect colour for the dining room? You see, having made the decision and actually bought the paint, I am now beset by inquietude. I have a concern...

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On contrariness

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Bonjour/Hello, it never ceases to amaze me how sly and tricksy my brain is. Not content with hiding things from me, it...

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On remembering

Posted on Jul 18, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, it’s been quite some time since I’ve sat down with my sketchbook to draw. Or at my computer to create...

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On noticing

Posted on Jun 27, 2023

Bonjour/Hello, You will, I am sure, be delighted to learn that I have finally found my glass candlesticks. They were...

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On completion

Posted on May 23, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, here it is… ta da… in all its glorious blueness and blue gloriousness. Do come in. See, there’s...

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On embracing the blues

Posted on Apr 25, 2023

Bonjour/Hello, you are, no doubt, eager to learn how the bedroom decoration is progressing. I would Iike to say well....

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On inertia

Posted on Mar 21, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, I like nothing better than to go down through a list, ticking off tasks as I complete them. Or better...

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On a volte-face

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

Bonjour/Hello, I am sorry to report that the Boyfriend and the enterprising squirrel have fallen out. He is not at all...

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On arriving

Posted on Jan 20, 2023

Hello/Bonjour, we are finally here. In France. In the perfect house. I can scarce believe it. Of course everyone has...

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On boxing… up

Posted on Oct 25, 2022

You know, dear peoples, I never expected that I would still be surrounded by boxes over two years after leaving the...

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