I love these sorts of lists! Here we go, I will comment on those I have eaten. How many have you done? Venison — oh yes. Love it Nettle tea Huevos rancheros Steak Tartare — in Tiguana Crocodile — steaks bought at Borough Market and barbecued at home. Really enjoyed it. Black pudding — ooh yes, I do like it but can’t think about what it actually contains. Cheese fondue
Random, as it suggests!
Musings
Christmas Cheer or Christmas Gloom?
“Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la ” or so the song goes. There are lots of songs and sayings about Festive Cheer and Season of Goodwill to all men around this time of year but for many it is far from that. It is widely known that in January the divorce rate peaks. Couples delay proceedings and put on a brave face
Read More
Musings
My Top Ten — Neil Donnan
I have been looking forward to reading this list because it is the top ten tunes according to my dad! Lots of memories from my childhood include music and the fact it was always loud in our house. So without further ado: So without making it a “Kepner Tregoe” decision tree, here is a shot at my ‘Nostalgia’ top 10. Bryan Adams: Summer of ’69 Because our daughter was born
Read More
Musings
It is Christmas when…..
You can start threatening the children that Santa won’t visit When we hear Slade on the radio The last pork pie has been delivered where it’s supposed to be When I take a bite out of a Terry’s chocolate orange I’ve had a mince pie When a brass band plays Christmas Carols When Frank the huge inflatable penguin is on the front lawn and home mad cookies are in the
Read More
Musings
House moving superstitions
I was asked to change the time of an appointment today as the tenant moving in has said the time allocated with superstitious. And last month I read this story about Mukesh Ambani who started work on his $1 billion property in 2009 has refused to move into his new house because of a “lack of Eastern facing windows” Story here. This got me thinking about superstitions surrounding property and
Read More
Musings
How can this be justice?
Last week I blogged about the horrific video of a woman on a tram being racist to fellow passengers on a tram. The video has been viewed over eleven million times on YouTube and has caused worldwide revulsion. The woman at the centre of the video, Emma West, was arrested last week and has been remanded in custody since “for her own safety”. She has yet to be sentenced but
Read More
Musings
Reasons to be cheerful — Part III
I haven’t done one of these for a while so I thought it was about time I did another one. 1) Papa Barrow is coming home this week! Following his stroke in late August he has been in hospital but has made an amazing recovery. So much so that he is going to be allowed home. This is fabulous news and means he will be there when we go
Read More
Musings
Why I am not sending Christmas cards this year
I decided earlier this year that I will not be writing Christmas cards this year but instead I will be donating the money I would have spent on the cards and stamps to Victim Support. I saw Lisa Faulkner (actress and foodie) tweet that she was doing the same thing for Crisis at Christmas last night. Followed by my friend Sarah who is doing it for a support group for
Read More
Musings
“My Top Ten” by Stevyn Colgan
You might have heard of Stevyn. He is a really interesting guy and somebody I would love to spend an evening with over a pint if his Wikipedia page is anything to go by. Stevyn’s an artist and we are now the proud owners of his original artwork entitled “Eggy Soldiers”, along with some of his prints. Please take a look at his website. The doodles are amazing. I have
Read More
Musings
What is your favourite smell?
I asked this question on Twitter this morning because it struck me as I walked into the bathroom that I love the smell of bleach. I had attacked the shower the night before and smell was still lingering (not to mention it had ruined a pair of black trousers that now have an orange knee) I got inundated with responses. Probably 30 replies in ten minutes. Smells for me are
Read More
Musings
And so NaBloPoMo ends
This is it. My final post in support of National Blog Post Month run in conjunction with Britmums. I have really enjoyed it. Back in October I was bumbling along with my blog and maybe only posting every other day when I felt I had something to say. This initiative has made me re think my blog. Made me find something to blog on each day. Whilst trying to find
Read More
Musings
Trial by YouTube.
Two stories have stood out in the news recently. Stories that couldn’t be further apart in content but yet both have gone “viral”. That is seen by millions on the internet. You cannot have failed to hear about Fenton the dog last week in this one: I must have been the only person in the whole world who didn’t find this at all funny. To me this is the