The great thing about my kitchen is that it appears to be spinning… when at school – in physics lessons, I presume, I learnt about centrifugal force – where something would spin and then everything would flow outwards – if you span a drum everything in the drum would then stick to the inside of the drum – when I […]

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 […]

“I was telling Cleggy about the difference between a friend and a true friend.” “Oh yes? Remind me.” “A friend will help you move house” “Yes?” “A true friend will help you move a body.” “Ah yes I remember now.” “I told Cleggy you wouldn’t.” “Wouldn’t remember?” “No,  wouldn’t move a body.” I thought about it, “No, you’re right, I […]

This blog has had so many titles – the title comes first – then the blog… …in that case – I hear you ask – why does the title often have nothing discernable that links it to the title? …  except that if I chose the title afterwards – that question would be even more pertinent… Anyway, enough of this… […]

I no longer want to train to be a waiter – my father does – he also wants to be a rigger… Wikepedia describes a rigger as: “A rigger is a person or company that specializes in the lifting and moving of extremely large or heavy objects, often with the assistance of a crane or derrick.” This is my father […]