This week’s small pleasures #353

Well, let’s just say it was windy on Saturday night and Sunday morning. In fact, there were gusts of 246kph … More

This week’s small pleasures #349

Can someone tell me why we have so much stuff? How can I take 4 bags of books to a … More

So…here we are in Copenhagen, leaving winter behind and arriving to the other side of the world basking in summer … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…we would be sitting in the library cafe with pots of … More

The clocks have gone back, autumn is here, and as they say in the country I grew up in, the … More

So I came home on Sunday last week, to sunshine, a magnolia in bloom and a cold and empty house. … More

We are at the end of July already – can you believe it? The mornings are getting brighter, the days … More

We are now in July, which happens to be my birthday month. When I was a child growing up in … More

It is Monday evening, dinner is in the oven (chicken breasts stuffed with cooked leek, tomatoes, basil and ricotta) and … More

The past week has been such a week of contrasts, from the weather being both sunny and very wet, from … More