Meeting my sister, Serena, for brunch is always a full-on experience. For starters, she’s typically on route between meetings with various stakeholders and breathlessly pumped about some new project she’s cooking up. For another thing, I can barely get a word in edgewise against her tidal waves of corporate buzzwords. On the plus side, she …
With how much I’ve done around the place, I should have a plaque somewhere. Some of my loveliest flower arrangements have been around the entrance, so I’m thinking I’d like it there. ‘Dorothy Whittaker, she grew us some lovely flowers, and everyone just really liked her.’ Last week I graced everyone with some freshly-grown beauties …
All cars can be off-road, if you have the right attitude. Attitude is basically everything. That’s what I learned from ‘Initial D’, that show about a mechanic whose name is David Davidson, and he gets picked on all the time for his initials, which are both ‘D’. He takes out all his aggression in dangerous …
Been doing an assignment for university on how pre-established systems of government and economic practice have had a negative impact on society as a whole. And if that sounds super boring, then…well, you’d be half right. Unfortunately you can’t just plug that phrase into google and copy a block of text from somewhere. If I …
Music is a crutch when it comes to exercise. I do not care for it. Of course, I’ve cared very little for music since my wife died, my lovely Amoretti Pavarotti Linetti, the famous opera singer who was called ‘The Dulcet Anaconda’. That was because of her ability to unhinge her jaw while she sang, …
It’s high time I invested in a standing desk. It’s not like it would take much doing. If I just propped a my laptop stand on a mid-height bookshelf, and cut away part of the base… the trouble is, I need a solution now. My shoulders have had it up to here this whole desk …
I suppose at this point you could say that I’m addicted to joining clubs. I always leave them soon afterwards as well…not sure why that is. Must be because I’m not actually possessing of any of the passion required to be in the club to begin with; I just like meeting new people and finding …
There are two things I don’t have time for in this world: dishes and ironing. Also, I guess, vacuuming, which is why I get a cleaner in every couple of months. Dieting as well. And flossing. This is the part where I add ‘mathematics’ to the list. For the record, I also don’t have time …
He steps through the door and looks around with a discerning gaze. I blush. “Just through here”, I meekly suggest. I show him to the kitchen and sit down as he begins the termite inspection. He crouches down close to the windows and notices some traces of termites, opening up cupboards and doors. He wiggles …
The lodge is starting to look presentable – very presentable indeed, if I do say so myself. I mean, it ought to, after almost a year’s worth of restoration work and a small fortune out of my pocket. But it’s satisfying all the same. It should be open for business within a couple of months, …