Here I am again

Here I am again

(January 1 2024) It’s been a while, hasn’t it? And not entirely through choice. Thanks to some Tl;dr behind-the-scenes machinations to do with WordPress and Jetpack and Mailchimp, I think, my blog is no longer being distributed via email to its previous...
What a week!

What a week!

(January 6 2024) It’s been quite a week in Gitaland. Last Tuesday I was asked to be a Trustee of the branch of the charity with which I’ve volunteered since 2013. This nomination came out of nowhere and I was hugely flattered by it. I’m not sure...
Letting Raffles lick the spoon

Letting Raffles lick the spoon

(October 27 2023) Oh. Some moments, scents, tastes, songs instantly invoke nostalgia, bringing back crystal-sharp memories of a wonderful holiday; or a happy time in your life; or a close friend whom you no longer see for whatever reason. What’s the opposite of...

Bumbling along

(March 13 2024) I haven’t written since July. To tell you the truth life has gone on much as before with the usual daily rhythm. We think we have finally cracked how to make the puppy sleep through the night by taking him out for a walk and a sniff just before...
Graduation day

Graduation day

(August 7 2023) It wasn’t entirely clear whether Eliza would have her degree scripts marked in time for her planned graduation ceremony or, indeed whether there would be any ceremony at all, but a couple of weeks before the date pencilled into our diaries, Eliza...