I know I've been a bit absent but ahead of the first Christmas Day I won't be having lunch at home (because my sister & her husband are hosting) here are a few of the silly, small things that always make me smile on Christmas Eve ( Read more... )

I've been away in Margate for a few days and I did that thing where I hung all my hopes on it as being my chance to rest, recuperate and become super effective again which of course is STUPID because it was literally 3 nights. But I liked Margate a lot and I did do some resting and I might tell you about it if my brain can stop discussing methods ( Read more... )

I just had the last bit of my Napue gin from last year's WorldCon in Finland. I might have to investigate whether I can get it in the UK because I've come to really love the flavour the rye gives it.

Things I did this weekend include

• Watched all of The Handmaid's Tale S1 because obviously that's a great idea when feeling stressed and anxious (got ( Read more... )

The problem with lovely weekends away is that you come back and suddenly it's Monday tomorrow /o ( Read more... )

Been finding the update button weirdly intimidating recently so I'm going for the some random things in my head style of posting and we'll see.

Yesterday seiyaharris took me to the City of London Distillery for a tour (awesome birthday present *g*) which was great. I mean after having the tasting last year and then again at Nine Worlds this year some of the ( Read more... )

This afternoon on the way back from Stratford N & I were listening to Elaine Paige on Sunday and she did her two-on-a-row thing in honour of Mother's Day which seems fair enough only the songs she chose were Mother Knows Best (Tangled) and If Momma was Married (Gypsy) which... I mean Mother's Day is complicated for a lot of people but that is not ( Read more... )

*deletes rant about the colour pink* It's Gaudete Sunday which means lots of great hymns this morning and also means it's the 3rd Sunday of Advent and Christmas is only 10 days away and DON'T PANIC.

I had another lovely day though- church followed by coffee with my goddaughter & her family followed by lunch with seiyaharris and then mulled wine and/or cider ( Read more... )

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Today sucks in many ways but complaining is boring and whilst I don't have the enrgy/brainpower to write about the phenomenal production of The Crucible I saw last night and also whilst any promises of posting things every day in September are probably vanishing out the window I can post about nice things right ( Read more... )

As if two cons in two weeks wasn't enough excitement this Bank Holiday weekend is going to be AMAZING. I'm off to see Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire this evening at the Young Vic and then tomorrow N, seiyaharris and I are driving down to Chichester to see Guys and Dolls with just THE most amazing cast (Jamie Parker, Clare Foster, Peter ( Read more... )

So... Nine Worlds? I had a fantastic, if completely exhausting, time and came away with quite a few books but even more book recs ( Read more... )