Tuesday this week was the first day BiL had free, for weeks.  We'd booked it provisionally the last time we 'did' London.  We had PLANS.  We wanted to see the Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life exhibition at Tate Modern.  As 'twas, I'd had a busy five days the previous Wednesday-Sunday, so took Monday off to recover (plus some remedial stretching at ( Read more... )

It's often said that life is what happens while we're planning something else.  Mine's been a bit like this the past six weeks or so ( Read more... )

Mind The Gap

It begins to look as if the unrest in Burma isn't going to go away.  Which, in the long run, may well be a Good Thing.  What is it with people getting into power & then deciding that they are the ones who matter?  They, & their families & cronies, are the ones who should have everything, & then some, & everyone else in the country ( Read more... )