More Cake / February 29 2008
I bumped into Mary in the village today and she confirmed something that I already suspected: she had made those delicious muffins yesterday just for me; they were not ‘left over from a big bake’, as she explained when she knocked on my back door at two o’clock in the afternoon.
Mary never seems to have [...]
Let Them Eat Cake / February 28 2008
People are so wonderful sometimes.
My elderly next-door-neighbour Mary knocked on the door about an hour ago and handed me a plate full of honey and raisin muffins. ‘I made too many,’ she said.
I was touched. Mary is incredibly tolerant; she never complains about the noise being made in the studio and is always gracious and [...]
Night Moves / November 23 2007
Brian, an old friend from years ago paid me a surprise visit last night. He made me go to the pub and get drunk. You can’t say no to Brian. He is a bluff and hearty Glaswegian and very strong and very persuasive.
‘I don’t really get drunk anymore, Brian. Apart from the physical crapulence, it [...]
Fingers are for Pussies / November 14 2007
Audrey has a cat-friend who we often pass on our lunchtime walks. We christened the cute little tortoiseshell Clarence because he is slightly cross-eyed. (Remember Daktari?)
We always have to stop to say hello to him. The pair will have a polite sniff of each other and Clarence will gently rub up against Audrey in an [...]
