Category Archives: humor
I Love Lab
We decided Monty-the-failed-guide-dog required companionship. Disregarding the disaster that was Archie-the-rescue-dog – *historical readers may recognise him as the one who payed the ultimate price for his part in the mauling of a neighbours goat * we figured a second … Continue reading
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Turns out, she’s no oil painting…
She could have been the local psychopath. Dressed, as she was, in a navy boiler suit (prison issue?) with oversized glasses and an off-centre bun, Gyda whizzed by in her (stolen?) RAV4, screeched to a halt and backed up, brusquely … Continue reading
Pet Sitting – A Cautionary Ta(i)le
Festive or fraught? Face it, Christmas was always going to be the latter…another ‘how not to’…
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Zoning Out Of The Zen
I should be, but I’m not. It’s all explained here…
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Slave To The Slav
The best stories are the ones you couldn’t make up. My husband has a friend who in 2016 quietly embarked on the relationship adventure of a life time. Tired of the single life and frustrated by a lack of success … Continue reading
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Tagged cocaine, cyber dating, guns, relationships, Ukrainian dating site
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It’s Been A Ruff Week
Archie, the newly adopted Kelpie cross, has brutally assassinated one of my Peter Alexander purple sheepskin boots a mere two days after arriving here. With the fluff lust still raging inside him, he has gone on to hunt and disembowel … Continue reading
Wax on, wax off.
It’s been a while. Not since the last ill-fated winter escape to Fiji, had I professionally denuded the pasty pins. As we hoisted ourselves from the winter couch and crawled back towards the prospective light of sunnier days, I got … Continue reading
Let’s chat, you don’t have to say a word.
I may have become that woman. She’s been waiting for me and now I’m here. *********************************************************************** I love freelancing, I get to wander into cafes with my laptop, order a coffee and settle in for a couple of hours of … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, cafes, Coffee, conversation, fashion, freelancing, Frida Kahlo, humor, Iris Apfel, Miss Marple
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Dog Day Afternoon
We really do have the very best of intentions. Flattering ourselves we are ‘giving back’, our disconcertingly small act of altruism comes in the form of weekend respite care for guide dogs in training. That’s right, we selflessly agree to … Continue reading
Let them eat cake…please…
I am a stress baker. The greater the emotional torment, the more prolific my carb heavy offerings become. Cakes, muffins, slices and cookies, all whipped, creamed, beaten and blended into golden brown and risen submission. In a form of dietary … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, cooking, Da Vinci, humor, neighbours, Nigella Lawson, oven, Smeg, stress
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Learning The Hard Way 