Adrift All The Way to Julia Child

Soon it will be my birthday. Again. I always say that years go fast, and I felt this way even at primary school where one day was the beginning of a new school year and seemingly the next it was the summer hols again, but this 2015 reader? I don't know what's happened to it. I mean, the day before yesterday I had Galia here from Sydney (actually, that was December) and only yesterday Adi from Vienna was here too (wait a minute... that was January). Five minutes ago I saw the first Minions trailer (no, that was November last year) and now... I've already watched the movie twice. I oversaw the removal last week but looking at the calendar it seems like, in fact, it was just short of three months ago. My dog, who turned 13 in March, has started to slow down, mostly due to the onset of some arthritis in her back legs and the rather normal degeneration of the nervous impulses through the spine. Five minutes ago it was February and she was zooming around Chelsea in her winter coat and now... she still zooms around Chelsea except she drags her back feet and struggles to take the stairs when we get home. I've made a new friend and pretty much lost one. I started the year running one company and now I have two. I am older than Pricess Diana when she died and yet 36 seemed so far far far far away for... Read more →