A Disorderly Retirement
I’m sure we’re all grateful that people rarely use the cringey expression ‘getting down with the kids’ anymore and if they do it’s ironic, I hope. Older generations attempting to relate to younger ones is all very admirable, but I’m not sure it’s to be recommended. Who wants to be reminded of those times? I…
I was in Marks & Spencer’s the other day and was horrified to see that they no longer have people working at cash registers. It’s all self check-out now. There was one assistant for about 10 machines and (being me) I asked her if there were any tills left actually staffed by an employee. The…
I can remember writing some time ago about what a perfect day would look like. I seem to recall that Italian piazzas, bruschetta and prosecco featured prominently*, but I have written so many blogs over the past few years that I couldn’t find it among all the files. I was curious to see what I’d…
The moon seems to be getting an awful lot of attention these days. You might say it was enjoying its moment in the sun, but the moon is inscrutable, so who’s to say? It’s definitely excelling itself this month, with a super moon on 1st August and a blue supermoon to look forward to on…