Monthly Archives: December 2012

Breakfast, lunch and dinner…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

‘I fucking love science’ has just busted the goldfish myth! seems they actually have rather amazing memories… reminded me of a few goldfish I once knew… breakfast, lunch and dinner we called them… It was somewhere back in the mid … Continue reading →

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Mondays…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

Ah Monday… my old friend….  or frenemy, should I say…  Yes, it’s true. We don’t generally get along. It’s not for want of trying. We always start off on the right foot and I don’t know why or how but … Continue reading →

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Zuppa, zuppa, zuppa…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

oh so delicious on a winter’s eve… all porcini, pancetta and creamy goodness… with a little warm crusty bread… one of my favourites… shame you can’t smell it… I love to cook. I’ve always loved to cook… I thought I … Continue reading →

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Living Daylights…

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

i turned on the television yesterday while busy pottering, free of thoughts of you for a change, only to see Bond in Vienna… the scene in the giant wheel with the cellist… reminded me of you and how we too … Continue reading →

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Having it all…

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

Naomi Wolf is asking today who today’s female role models are… difficult one, isn’t it?! There are some real shining stars at the moment… Hilary Clinton is growing on me for example…  even women like Angelina Jolie and Victoria Beckham … Continue reading →

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Ragas at twilight…

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

And now Ravi Shankar! another great who was at it right up to the end… “The beauty of our music is the ability to improvise endlessly,” he once said, “and that is my forte – I never know what I … Continue reading →

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Curve-alicious…

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Saddened but somehow, oddly, uplifted this week by Oscar Neimeyer’s passing… I seem to be surrounded by death at the moment… 104! and what a legacy… working until almost the end and such fantastic architecture… “When you have a large … Continue reading →

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Time out…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

The news of Brubeck’s death yesterday and copious postings of Take 5 on Facebook had me hurtling down the long and winding road of memory, back to the very early 80s… to happy days of youth, rebellion and innocence… To … Continue reading →

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