Made on the Isle of Wight BlogClick on links below for more details Is this law out of date?You may remember the deep-freeze debacle: I accidentally turned it off and as a result we had to give away all its contents. An expensive mistake. On-line shop-lifting or a mistake?Does anybody out there know Rollie Attard who lives at The Laund, Whittingham Lane, Preston, Lancashire? A lovely chap I'm sure, but as it happens he owes us £82.50 for the Paul Newell kit bag we sent him in the post. Wet wet wet.Rain rain and more rain - the wrong sort, obviously. The sort that doesn't fill up the reservoirs but does soak you right through to the skin if you have to step outside for more than 10 seconds, as Robin and I both had to this morning - Robin because he had to supervise the man depositing chi...
Keeping the best in mindMindfulness. It's what we're all supposed to be working on isn't it. Living in and appreciating the moment. Three firsts.It has been a week of firsts. Another new outlet.Last Tuesday was a big day for us. Salute the SunMy lovely yoga teacher Bizzy is going on a silent retreat next month - 10 days of it. I asked why she wasn't trying a weekend retreat first and she said that 10 days was the shortest you were allowed to do. Spring CleaningI've had a really nice day today. The weather, or course, has been perfect: bright blue sky, hours of sunshine and enough wind to make you long to be out at sea on a dinghy. Identity CrisisMy third real job was as secretary cum guide-dog to a blind man,the late Peter Utley, who at the time was Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph and one of Mrs Thatcher's speech-writers. A question of tasteThe glorious weather continues: the tea garden is open and the Two Ticks Nursery is full of primroses and daffodils grown by the Quirks. The Quirks - who are proving multi-talented - have also made pretty hand-painted planters to display them in. Put plant and planter together and you have the per...
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