

Sold!
Those of you who have been living vicariously though these pages may be a little disappointed with this past week which, after all the...


The old school yard
After a couple of busy weeks which almost had me nostalgic for the days of lockdown and a gentler pace of life, this past week has settle...


Everglow
I was beginning to think that this blog had too many subplots than was good for it, what with parties and tubes and school and new...


Mum
It is with heartfelt sadness that I have to tell you my mother left us yesterday evening at 9.50. This song, her favourite, is for her...


Felicità
As anticipated, Stephen was off bright and early on Monday morning with Mario to the tube place (an veritable extensive Aladdin’s cave of...


A-one a-more a-time
The running repairs Stephen effected on the bucket seemed to do the trick, which is just as well seeing as an old friend of these pages...


Then mend it, dear Stephen
After last week’s few cooler and damper days this past week has been one of sunshine and the usual summer temperatures, which is just as...


One way or another
I don’t want to labour the point, which of course means that I am, but the gradual grinding to a halt of life in Italy has had an effect...


It warms you twice
With August comes the great Italian getaway and the month that everyone, or so it seems, is on holiday and you can abandon any hope that...


Live. Work. POSE!
This past week has been one very much of general bits and pieces with nothing too demanding, but with temperatures for the greater part...





























