I signed up for Ra’s nanopoblano gig and promptly missed the first day. (ironically because I was deeply involved in a conversation about being late until the early hours of today). Here’s to starting late and talking later 🙂

I’m taking my bike to France by train.. I thought I could spend the 15 hour journey writing and catching up with myself and re-working my website etcetcetc. Instead I’m looking out of the window and taking numerous blurry pictures of the rivers and mountains I’m going past. The writing will have to wait.

Train station, half past 6. Smallish kid: “Mum! Mum! Mum! Can we stop and buy vegetables?!” Kid’s brother: ” No!” Smallish kid: “Mum! Can we buy vegetables, please!” Kid’s mum: “No. We’re in a hurry to get to <Somewhere>. Wait, what?” Smallish kid: “Can we buy vegetables?” Kid’s mum: “What do you want to buy […]

Sometimes all you need is a sunny day off to fill with a 2 hour massage and a peanut butter and chocolate brownie ice cream.. A cycle ride through the autumn colours and along the canal into the sunset doesn’t hurt either. 🙂 Written yesterday but for some reason not posted properly.

Dear Internet, I currently think carriages are the best thing to turn pumpkins into. Lanterns come a close second. The last thing I think they’re good for is eating. On the other hand, a large population of the world goes wild about autumn because they can finally eat pumpkins again. I think I’m missing something […]

I’ve been meaning to write all summer. And yet I haven’t. I haven’t walked much either. Why walk if you can cycle? Besides, it’s been far too hot and too still to walk. The air at least feels like it’s moving when you cycle through it. The writing? Tja. Whatever it is that makes me […]

Once upon a time I bought a rocking stool at a jumble sale. That was 2 moves ago and it’s still doing well. I love it. I love the thick padding and I love that it rocks. I love that it’s the right height for me to work at and I love that I’m short […]

Someone, at some point, told me that it was a good idea to keep stamps in the house so you can post letters without having to plan a trip to the post office. (This is Germany. You can’t buy stamps just anywhere, where would we end up?! It’s a huge improvement that they introduced stamp […]

I often tell people I don’t wear (/use?) nail varnish. It’s not strictly true, but it’s as true as it needs to be for most purposes. I used to once, but I haven’t regularly in years. The following photo shows my not-empty tub of varnish removal pads. There were originally 30 in there, I haven’t […]

On a train. The last of 5. Next stop Wiesbaden, the capital of Hessen (central county in Germany). My new saddle bags are being dropped in at the deep end 🙂 Packed to almost bursting point and still overflowing into my backpack. The plan is to cycle for a couple of days with my folks […]

I found a pair of saddle bags for sale online last weekend and asked if I could pick them up the next day. They were en route to somewhere I was going by train anyway. The seller gave me his address and I said I’d phone when I knew when I would be there. Then […]