Feel the love 1
A confession: I never received a Valentine card before I moved to England. Valentine’s Day has only become popular (read: …
Ephemera
What were they thinking?
A few curios from my collection – I wonder who came up with these ideas and who said : ‘yes, …
Advent
Oh, the joy of happy anticipation of Christmas! Something of a luxury these days… The time before Christmas seems to …
Variations on a tale
“She was my first love. I felt that if I could have married Little Red Riding-Hood, I should have known …
Are you feline lucky?
Excuse the pun – I couldn’t resist! There’s not only the international ‘Black Cat Appreciation Day’ (always in August) but …
It’s in the (paper) bag
Once upon a time people carried their shopping home in paper rather than plastic bags. Often these were simply brown …
Games without Frontiers
Spiel ohne Grenzen, Jeux Sans Frontieres, It’s a Knockout… Apparently the French title was the inspiration for the song “Games without …
Meadow Flowers
I have written about birds and bees, so it seems apt to say something about flowers. Wild or meadow flowers …
London Ephemera
I love getting holiday postcards from friends & family! And I used to love sending them, but more and more …
медведи – bears
Russia is in the quarter-finals! The ‘Northern Bear’ was, according to The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, an old nickname …
Summ, Summ, Summ
Nothing to do with Maths! ‘Summen’ is German for ‘buzz’. I grew up with bees – my father was a …
