Pandemic de Jour, Moss and Parsley

Wake up to the usual Sunday morning monsoon. Lily is still poorly…hopefully it is not bird flu, swine flu or whatever is the pandemic de jour. I spend the morning tweaking my Climens article for the millionth time (this week), flick through the Observer newspaper and learn a new word (scrufulous), tidy up the garden in a brief [...]

Maladies & Turkeys

Oh dear. Lily has succumbed to a cold. Her mischeivous nature has temporarily disappeared, she has flopped onto the sofa like a rag doll, refuses to eat and talks in a croaky voice that is distressing, but also undeniably cute. I too, feel the first symptoms of a winter cold, a nagging soreness in my throat, [...]