Lying in the bath this morning it occurs to me that in the last 24 hours I have: – noticed that the white line that BT drew on my drive has now been washed away by the rain – so presumably when the contractors turn up to dig up my drive they will now have to flick a coin to […]

It was about 3am this morning that I realised I had had too much custard… Despite writing effusively about custard I have actually not had it for a few days – I was poised, over the Bank Holiday weekend – ingredients at the ready – for the overwhelming urge for custard to overtake me … but it just didn’t… But […]

Today’s post was going to be called “Cleaning blood with cucumber” – which was true – it was something I did earlier today – and was a new experience for me… But, in conversation with Cristal, I said something and she said, “Oh! …You’re just being melodramatic – I thought something awful had happened!” … and thus the title was […]

I was throwing my glass into the recycling thing – I love the sound of breaking glass… and I suddenly realised that there were no wasps – or flies – or any exciting insects – circling round the bins or coming out to attack me – miffed at having jars thrown at them… This seemed strange…in my world a hazard […]

This morning I decided that I would use the inspiration of the sunshine coming through my curtains to start the day on a positive note and do something that I have been putting off for about a year… Over the last couple of days I have been wondering if this daily blog thing has become something of a burden instead […]

My next patient is going to be at least 30 minutes late – time to write my blog post! What on earth did I do with odd 30 minute gaps before I had a blog to write!? And it is funny, while I was preparing for this patient I was thinking about my blog and I decided I’d got writer’s […]

In 2011 The Daily Mail sold papers using the headline “Colonic Irrigation wrecked my life” – this story was taken up by The Guardian and The Independent. It tells of a hairdresser who had a series of treatments where “I was left on my own for over an hour”. ARCH – The Association of Registered Colon Hydrotherapists – trains, regulates […]

I just thought I’d say a word about 2013 now that it is drawing to a close… Over the years I have heard many people say, “I’ll be glad to see the back of this year – I can’t wait for the New Year and a fresh start!”   Usually I have had some sense of what they have been through […]