September used to be such a busy month with endless back-to-school or back-to-university demands involving large quantities of food, stationery, clothing, nagging, paperwork, shopping, time, driving and, mostly, money. (Shopping for children’s shoes is a bleak memory that I keep hidden away in the deep recesses of my brain, never to be allowed out.) It…
Month: September 2021
Silk Road Obsessed
There is an aura of mystery and intrigue about the Silk Road that still lingers centuries after the trade routes fell into disuse. I have long been fascinated by the lands ranging from China through Central Asia to the Middle East, and I think it must have started in my childhood, as so much does….
My thrift knows no bounds
This week I’m writing about thrift, but it does takes me a while to get to the point because first I wanted to tell you the story of a British-Canadian woman called Barbara Amiel, who featured in a Vogue magazine article in 2002. The writer was given a grand tour of Ms Amiel’s lavish Kensington…
What’s in the box?
No-one wants to be left behind and I’m always curious about the latest trends, as long as they’re fairly legal and not too repulsive. I like knowing what TikTok is, as well as Twitch (I’m so cutting-edge!), even though it’s highly unlikely that I’ll ever use either of them. Life is short and there is…