Just been reading in The Yorkshire Post – great paper – about new words and phrases being created from the use of new technology. Tweetup – meaning a meeting organised via Twitter. Got me thinking about ‘twitterisms’ to invent - such as ’tweetblock’ (like ‘writers block’) and ‘tweeted out’ (where you’ve said all you wanted to say) and ‘tweet off’ [...]
29 years have I laboured over a hot stove – this year to Froggy and Piggynap. There were 6 of us with Nana and Dude and we had a lovely time with champers to get us in the mood. Turkey Lurkey tasted as good as he cost … roasties/veggies/stuffing/sauce/pigs in blankets..gravy the proper way as [...]
Adastrapoetry asks why your head tells you one thing and your heart another. A question usually associated with potential partners though not always of course. If we could live more in the now maybe we’d go more with the heart, taking from the experience as many moments of happiness as we could, recognising that it [...]
Piggynap’s turkey will weigh around 14lbs and be massively expensive. Like many a cook I expect she’s wondering if it will fit in the oven or if drastic measures might have to be taken – like taking a saw and/or a rolling pin to it, or taking the oven door off. Then there’s how long to [...]
He’s getting a beating from the media – they build you up/they tear you down. His squeaky clean image has taken a battering as it looks as if he may have been having lots of affairs/quickies. It’s a shame if his wife was being deceived but it’s possible she thumped him and thereby got a [...]
My birthday – my age totals 10 but I shall not reveal which two numbers make up that figure. Paid a fortune to have my hair cut and coloured but then so does Victoria Beckham and I’m certainly worth it. The magazines entertain with their photos of airbrushed beauties, clothes which couldn’t be worn whilst [...]
Funds from my tome were used to purchase some outfits for the nativity scene – can be reused instead of mums sewing attempts back in the day. New stage provided by the PTA. I was invited. Now an all-ticket event because of Health & Safety rules whereas there used to be so many bodies crammed in [...]
Neil went to the bathroom after having a drink at a London Student Union bar. He found himself facing two guys spoiling for a fight for some reason – maybe an attempted robbery – maybe drunken yobs – I don’t know the details. Neil is not particularly big but he has done some boxing and [...]
Old hairy horse in field grazing – magpie sitting on its rump. Was it there for warmth in freezing weather or picking insects. Something I’ve never seen in 10 years of horse-owning or a lifetime of horsiness. Have you ? Will other magpies learn this behaviour or did that one learn from another one ? What’s [...]
Good turnout for the Xmas Fair – I was very surprised and touched when Mrs Heggie publicly thanked me for my tome and gave me some flowers wasn’t that nice. I gave her a cheque for £350 and there will be a bit more to come in dribs and drabs. Next money-making idea: transferring [...]
