Journal

Treadmill

Treadmill

What a year it's been! Covid 19, Brexit, illness and death, plans interrupted, lockdowns, isolation. Misery abounds. This Christmas I propose to bring you 12 little glad tidings of things that have brought a little joy to life this dismal year. Today: my beloved...

Shhhowercap

Shhhowercap

What a year it's been! Covid 19, Brexit, illness and death, plans interrupted, lockdowns, isolation. Misery abounds. This Christmas I propose to bring you 12 little glad tidings of things that have brought a little joy to life this dismal year. Today: the joy of a...

Sudocrem

Sudocrem

What a year it's been! Covid 19, Brexit, illness and death, plans interrupted, lockdowns, isolation. Misery abounds. This Christmas I propose to bring you 12 little glad tidings of things that have brought a little joy to life this dismal year. Today: the magic of...

Toast and peanut butter

Toast and peanut butter

What a year it's been! Covid 19, Brexit, illness and death, plans interrupted, lockdowns, isolation. Misery abounds. This Christmas I propose to bring you 12 little glad tidings of things that have brought a little joy to life this dismal year. Today: toast and peanut...

Caponata

Caponata

My original Christmas order of "Barbarie" duck through a French deli supplier fell through. As far as I know Hong Kong Customs didn't let it in. Something to do with bird flu, not Corvid, I don't know. So I was offered a capon instead. Marvellous. But what exactly is...

Free space

Where do you go for a relax outside in Hong Kong?Why, The Grounds at AIA Vitality Park, that's where. Right on Victoria Harbour, within coughing distance of the IFC mall and the Star Ferry, replacing the fairground that can no longer be used because of social...

Oscar’s new foible

Oscar’s new foible

Is he not a jazz fan?I haven't blogged for a while and one of the reasons is the tangle of thoughts all spinning around in my head. Too complex and large for a tweet and yet substantial enough (is that a tautology?)  for a blog post? I'm not sure. The people who know...

Ghost town?

Ghost town?

[supsystic-social-sharing id='4']Our morning started with the sad news that Oscar's friend Phoebe, the blonde bombshell, will be leaving for her new home in Sweden in the next month. She's moving because her Swedish human dad no longer has a job here. He worked for...