One Day in December by Josie Silver: I picked this up in Barnes & Noble on my last morning in New York City. I started it while waiting for the bus to JFK, continued reading it on the bus, in the departure lounge and I was done by wheels up. It's that good! I suggest … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading May 2019
I took The Boy Child to his first evening concert at the Royal Albert Hall recently and invited my sister-in-law to join us. We went to see/listen to The Kingdom Choir (you may recall hearing them here) and we went for two reasons ... 1) they're bloomin' good and 2) we know one of the … Continue reading The Kingdom Choir at the Royal Albert Hall
Well over a year ago, I booked tickets for the Strictly Professionals Tour in Hammersmith. I don't think I've ever booked tickets that far in advance, but I knew that they would sell quickly. We're ready ... The show was everything I knew it would be, and more. I'd go so far as saying that … Continue reading The Strictly Professionals on Tour
Alliums at Kew Listening: to You Say by Lauren Daigle. She sounds a lot like Adele, but that doesn't detract from it being a great song. Reading: The Gown by Jennifer Robson. Review coming at the end of June. Planning: the Summer holidays - a holiday, day trips, overnight trips and more. Writing: daily for … Continue reading Right Now …
Niijima Floats Instructions for living a life.Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.Mary Oliver (1935-2019) **Please note that as Monday is a UK Bank Holiday, the next scheduled post will appear on Tuesday, 28th May.**
Cobb salad With the arrival of better weather, I'm encouraging salad to make a consistent appearance on our evening dinner plates. But what to do when The Boy Child only really likes the tomato and cucumber branches of the salad family tree (although he does eat a lot of them on a regular basis)? Salads … Continue reading Inspiration for Spring and Summer Salads Needed
On a recent sunny morning, I hopped on a bus down to Kew Gardens to see Chihuly: Reflections on Nature. Summer Sun Dale Chihuly is an artist who works with glass and this exhibition brings together a selection of his work from the past 50 years. I'm not a huge fan of modern(ish) art, but … Continue reading Chihuly: Reflections on Nature | Kew Gardens
Two more spreads have been added ... my solo trip to New York and a day out with friends. I've reached the half-way point in the TN now and I reckon that puts me on target to have enough available pages left to complete the year.
I haven't made many 12x12 scrapbook pages since the middle of April, and having chosen not to have a specific album for our travels this year, I've decided to add New York to the 2019 album in a series of pocket pages. I found the New York Project Life style cards through Instagram (you can … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #6
During my recent solo adventure to New York City, I revisited the Strand Bookstore and discovered two new-to-me ones along the way: I wrote after my first visit to the Strand that I found it overwhelming. This time I had more of a clue about which sections I wanted to spend time in and the … Continue reading New York City | Bookshops
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