Getting up every morning to sunshine, the sheer reliability of it.
My swimfloat in our private pool, reading and sunning while keeping cool.
Fantastic lobster, croissants, crayfish, barbecued and grilled meat from Argentina and Venezuela the like of which we never see in UK supermarkets.
Cheap petrol.
An automatic car again – hooray.
Lots of sleep, opportunities to snooze and do nothing.
My [...]
I am not sure about the word pastimes because its rather Victorian and also it implies one needs something to pass the time with. Generally I don’t. My bleat is usually that I dont have enough time. But a month off does have its rewards, namely plenty of time for pursuing a couple of my [...]
But right now, I find myself in the middle of a tempestuous re-ignition of a lifelong love affair with Books. Without wishing to ‘fess up to also being a Scanner and let you know precisely how many books I am currently reading simultaneously (eight!), I will tell you about my catholic reading tastes. In fact, I could be described right now as being on a reading jag such is the obsession.
