I hope that everyone had a Very Merry Christmas. Unfortunately, for me (and I guess for most other peolpe too) the magic of Christmas seems to wear off more and more each year. In order to stem this, I kicked up a fuss when my brother - who is now twenty and therefore 'grown-up' - decided that we would not be having stockings. And, I am pleased to ( Read more... )

Well, Christmas this year was very memorable, in that I spent most of it up to my elbows in various medicines. Thank God (very appropriate) for chemists that open on Christmas Day. But it was mostly a pretty good day, and there were Neil Gaiman and Dorothy Dunnett books to keep me from complaining too loudly. The Family sat me down with the Franz ( Read more... )

Just a note to say:

Merry Christmas for tomorrow, my dears. I love you all.

Christmas holidays are upon us, and with them come many exciting things, but unfortunately no snow. Yet. But we are crossing our fingers. Stranger things have happened here, in the sunniest place in Britain.

The Birthday went off with a bang, and turned out much better than I, with my pessimistic soul, expect birthdays to be. I currently playing ( Read more... )