The holiday's done
Break time is over, the holiday's done, they are but a mem'ry, those days in the sun. I seem to forget, p'rhaps my memory shirks, that ending vacation is quite so much work. Let's start with the laundry, the greatest of fears, the washing is now coming out of my ears...
Trying something new
Holidays provide a chance to catch your breath and relax. For me, holidays are also a chance to try something new.
I decided to take up smoking. I have tried it once before. A couple of years ago I smoked a piece of fish. After lengthy discussions with the fishmonger about which cut would work best I took his advice and made an appropriate selection...
Lifelong assistance
Lifelong partnerships come in many and varied forms. Generally, somewhere in that public declaration of intention to hang out with one person for a really long time there is something about helping each other in all sorts of circumstances. It is usually anticipated that such help will be gratefully received...
Spring has sprung
Spring has sprung upon us. Thus far, I have found it a little too violent.
The day dawned bright and sunny. Like so many days before, we hauled the bikes out of the shed and set out on the short trip to deliver two junior recipe testers to school. The eldest of the juniors requested an alternate-to-usual route and I agreed...
A new national observance
Activity around educational institutions form a significant part of the daily juggling act. There is the not insignificant task of getting people there, with high currency placed on achieving this with pupils clothed and in their right minds...
One of those days...
We all have those days. They crop up from time to time. And from the minute your feet hit the floor you count down the hours until you can climb back into bed, day done...
The logistics of logistics
Logistics, for most households, are a reality of daily life. People generally need to move from one place to another and back again to get the day done. No big deal...
Fake it 'til you get found out
There must be some in our community who can fake it 'til they make it. I am not one. I fake it 'til I get found out. At that point I'm generally a long way from making it...
I'm all out
It’s been one of those weeks… well it started ok
I was happily working. I beavered away
When from out of the bowels of a big kitchen toy
Began to emerge a most terrible noise
The trouble with inertia
Inertia is the resistance of any object to a change in its state of motion. Moving objects have a tendency to continue to move in a straight line with constant velocity. Stationary objects will likewise have that same tendency, to maintain their velocity and direction...