I love working in a school during the holidays - there are very few people around 😁.

A little Latin for a Monday afternoon!. "Illae sedentes pocula sorbent - tu iam in medio caelo es, ventus in pulmonibus, luna ad iugulum". (They sit, sipping their cups - you are already in the middle of the sky, wind in your lungs, moonlight at your throat.). Sensational.

It’s never too early on a Sunday to make new friends! . Good morning 😀

When the coffee comes black, bitter, in a glass flask and a cup with no handle. Not sure if that’s some sort of life metaphor! . *existential crisis with your pretentious coffee, madam?

I visited a 7 metre wide art installation yesterday called Helios. It was visually striking and in many ways like a large orange. Helios was one of the most ancient Greek sun gods. He had two sisters: Selene, goddess of the moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn. According to

I saw a clip (online) of a woman eating ‘the last food her mother prepared before she died’. It looked to me like a cake or muffin, had been carefully saved for a while in her freezer, and as she was eating, the woman became visibly upset. Now, I can’t understand filming such a

Average life expectancy in Elizabethan England was around 40 years. Now this is skewed because the sky high infant mortality rate drags the average right down - but by my age (nearly 52) , one would generally be considering a will and a safe passage to the afterlife. The.

Do you remember the story of the magic porridge pot? Well I have the enchanted tomato plants. This is just one day. From just one plant. Village people* have noticed the unnatural fecundity and there are murmurings of unrest - thank heavens I don’t have a black cat (just a

What a view.

“There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, 'Good morning, God,' and the other is to say, 'Good God, morning'!”. (Archbishop Fulton Sheen). Good morning!

Lovely sun-shiny early evening stroll. Made a new friend - love at first sight. He and I have plans to run away together!

My school also had an outdoor pool and we were expected to just break the ice and still swim during the winter term. No wonder we are so robust 😁

I have spoken to two of my absolute favourite people on the phone this evening. Long, random, laughing conversations with people who like you just as much as you like them - that’s golden.

I appear to be a buffet for bitey insects, which is flattering, but I’d really rather not be. A friend who spends the summer camping (obviously insane) has suggested Wrights coal tar soap. Happy to give that a try - my nan used to always have some in her bathroom (alongside

Much to be done 🙂. Should I start slow, or just dive straight in and get cracking? . Good morning x