I have a plinth. Which I stand on. Before you become jealous, I should add that it’s a wooden structure, only a few centimetres high. And it was very kindly made by the resident carpenter so that I would have a flat surface for my tai chi practice in the garden. What passes for our…
Month: June 2020
My “Don’t Do It” List
Although I have tried very hard not to make lists since losing my flowery Filofax, I haven’t been entirely successful. Without realising it, I have been mentally compiling a list of things that I will never do. I know that this isn’t in keeping with the self-improvement spirit of our age, but I think that…
Pining for a simpler life
I know this doesn’t make much sense, but as we emerge blinking into the light I’m feeling nostalgic for the early days of lockdown. Not that initial period of panic buying when the shops had been cleared of loo roll and long-life milk, when everyone was trying to figure out how Zoom worked and what…
Everything must go!
I know I said that organising drawers was at the very bottom of my ‘to-do’ list, but that was several weeks ago and things change. The barrel is being scraped and sorting out drawers and cupboards is my activity of last resort. I’ve been surprisingly ruthless at getting rid of things because I have decided…