Making a shopping list I'm planning pizza night at home in an attempt to try and make life a little less mundane for the adult children who I imagine are having a tougher time dealing with lockdown than I am, someone who makes Howard Hughes appear outgoing. ME. "Alexa, add nduja to the shopping … [Read more...] about Pizza Night
Meaning
Resetting The Passwords
Coming in from sweeping the leaves and musing on one of the few benefits of lockdown, a distinct decline in takeaway wrappers tossed over the front wall, I say, to nobody in particular, "Why do so many houses along here still have their Christmas lights up?" My daughter is hunched over her … [Read more...] about Resetting The Passwords
Inside Out
We're watching "Inside Out", a Pixar animation about Riley, a young girl, and her unsettled emotions after a family move from her beloved Minnesota home to a new life in San Francisco. It sounds suspiciously like a busman's holiday and I'm not at all sure I'm going to get anything from … [Read more...] about Inside Out
We’re Lucky To Be Alive
It's New Year's Day and we're watching "Dunkirk" a film so full of dramatic trauma that, midway through, I have to go off to the toilet and look at the latest COVID figures on my phone for light relief. Often it's been hard to see the benefits of a year most people are happy to turn their back on … [Read more...] about We’re Lucky To Be Alive
Searching For The Festive Spirit
One of the best things about lockdown is that I don't have to go into shops, and not going into shops means that I haven't had to listen to Mariah Carey singing "All I Want For Christmas Is You" incessantly while people push their way past one another buying cheap cologne and a Cadbury's selection … [Read more...] about Searching For The Festive Spirit