• my diary

    fifteen feet of pure white snow…

    As some readers will have noticed, the great outdoors has once again caught everybody on the hop by – gasp – SNOWING IN WINTER and I have this week been enjoying the spectacle from the cosy warmth of my apartment, give or take brief sojourns to the gym (and especially, the sauna, where I have happily absorbed enough heat each…

  • my diary

    i’m only sleeping…

    Well having (naively, perhaps) anticipated some peace and quiet prior to my Glasgow and Edinburgh visits, I have been somewhat caught on the hop this week and a very busy time has been had; the combination of the end of school holidays and the end of the month payday is a powerful one indeed, it seems!  Encounters have ranged from…