I have discovered Robert Rankin. Why this has taken so long I have no idea - but I picked up a copy of 'Retromancer' in Forbidden Planet because it looked interesting - and it's a real treat.

J-HR meets Michael Moorcock on a totally surreal adventure with Douglas Adams. Brill.

I shall need to read some more.

The wedding dress that I am constructing proceeds apace and will be rather wonderful when I have done. I guess I'll be able to post piccies once the wedding is over but until then it's all very hush-hush ( Read more... )

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I'm just in from the garden where I have planted 'salad corner' (and a row of beetroot in the border by the greenhouse).

Tomorrow I shall mostly be planting flowers - and probably the greenhouse as well if I get time. All going well.

The wedding dress meeting went really well. I'm rather looking forward to doing this one. Mr Hail had a bit of a go at my back and I have to say it eased off quite a bit. My hamstrings are still painful, but at least I'm no longer walking funny ( Read more... )

Ye Gods, I had a productive day yesterday. The garden hasn't been touched since Mr W dug it over a couple of months ago, so while he cut the lawn (a mammoth undertaking as many of you will know) I cleared and weeded and hoed (there's a word that doesn't need a spurious apostrophe!) and tidied. I've cleaned out the greenhouse, laid black cloth and ( Read more... )

In common with a lot of people, I haven't updated this thing in ages. I've decided that this is because I don't have anything to rant about - but I rather suspect it's because I've lost the habit ( Read more... )

I can has trophies. I won two classes (Light Opera and Ladies Novice) and I came 3rd in the open Opera class (which is a real achievement) So that's two trophies, 4 distinctions, a commended and a merit. Go me!

I had a go on an exercise ball for the first time yesterday - which as well as being hilarious is also some kind of stealth exercise. All I did was sit on it and slowly lift first one leg, then the other and today my abs feel like I've done an inordinate number of situps ( Read more... )