As you may or may not have noticed, it was Valentine's Day last weekend. It's not an event that gets much attention chez Debs & Himself, except for the fact that I noticed a rash of pictures on my village's Facebook page. Each of those photo contained a small crocheted heart with a handwritten tag... Continue Reading →

Himself is a huge coffee aficionado. While I like coffee - it no longer likes me (but that's another story) - and have drunk a lot of it in my many decades... I'd no idea what went into making not good coffee, but really superior coffee. Among our coffee making ephemera, we already have multiple... Continue Reading →

... as the song goes - but when we get to travel again without fear of our fellow travellers, will we choose to travel differently?  I flew so often as a child, I found it easier than catching a bus. Seriously, I've always found bus timetables in the UK totally incomprehensible, and have travelled in... Continue Reading →

Last year was a weird year for many reasons, but what I didn't expect was how much of an negative impact it would have on my reading. In all honesty, the numbers don't matter a jot, for everyday life will always have an impact on the amount of time each of us have for reading.... Continue Reading →

When you get the opportunity to design a home, it tends to be about the practicalities - the space available, potential restrictions on materials and style of building, needs versus wants, and of course - cost. Rather than being practical, I thought I'd talk about those aspects of homes I've seen in the past which... Continue Reading →

Himself & I came late to the Downton Abbey party. Before we became a couple, I'd watched a couple of episodes and decided it had potential, but life took a turn... and I forgot. But after a run of particularly violent and gory films (I may have mentioned I'd not seen Tarantino's famed offerings), Himself... Continue Reading →

And so starts a new year... Does it look much different to the last one? Well, yes & no to quote my old friend Noel. Yes - in that we'd no idea at this time last year what we were heading for, and No - in that there's already a lot which is familiar from... Continue Reading →

I always wind down ahead of Christmas, but this year, I'm going extra early. So this is simply to say thank you for your company this year and to send you all the very best of wishes for whatever form your holidays will be taking this year. Stay safe & well and here's to a... Continue Reading →

Life in lock-down brought with it many a change. Some read more, others couldn't concentrate on a book for the life of them. People also had strange dreams ... I've long had a degree of fascination about dreams, specifically what we can learn from them, with the twist being that for a couple of decades... Continue Reading →

Whenever I see this on a questionnaire, I answer in the affirmative: two. But they're not real tattoos, by which I mean they're boringly practical and not decorative in any way. I did consider turning at least one of them into something more decorative, but never had the courage to sit through the expected pain.... Continue Reading →