Having never spent so much time at home in my adult life, our very limited outdoor space has been appreciated more than ever. And neither had it bothered me so much for its clutter and lack of free space for putting out washing, sitting on and watching neighbourly goings on in the hope of some […]
This may sound like a ridiculously easy activity, relaxing, but I know I am not alone in thinking that spending more time at home means you should be busy; mustn’t waste time and opportunities to get things done. I have probably attained unprecedented levels of productivity over the past two months, but kind of tell
Tax return. I usually spend from around 6th April until mid-December thinking about doing my tax return, how I should just get it over and done with “today”, “tomorrow” … But I find it faffy, tedious and not something I want to spend free time doing (I know I am not alone thinking that), so
My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is two and a half years old and still going strong, but I’m conscious that I barely use any of its capabilities. It’s about time I put it to better use. With the help of a selection of YouTube videos (I had no idea there would be so many to
Friday film night plan You know that thing where you’re told you can’t have something and then that thing becomes the thing you most want even if that thing is something you have never had before? For me now, that thing is hot dogs as part of my cinema-going nostalgia. I have never had hot
Before I am, apparently, an autumn-colours person, a warm yellow-based palette with a degree of black and including orange. Surely, on that basis alone, orange paint is the way forward. One side of our living room is a bright, distinctive green, the rest of the walls and ceilings are white with brown splodges. The splodges
