My friend Pinky of Pink Polka Dot Food occasionally posts a food quiz, and I try to answer 100% Here is her latest What does pomegranate mean? Does it have meaning? I eat them, but meaning? I didn’t know they had philosophy. Where is Torta Pasqualina traditionally served on Easter Friday? Italy Where is […]
Yesterday afternoon while visiting a friend to help look at a PC display issue, and of course to have a cuppa and a good chat, we ended up discussing research, results and the ‘blindness’ of some researchers. They often do not want to investigate an area, they have a pre-conceived idea of what they want […]
As usual on a Friday it is time for me to post a theme for the weekend. Here it is a public holiday, the Easter weekend. So I am not at work. I woke knowing what the theme would be. That is unusual for me, some weeks I have to resort to devices such as […]
I haven’t played in one of these for a long time. huntmode of Chasing Rabbit Holes informs us this is a first so I decided it was only fair to continue it a bit. Rules of the game: 1. Post these rules. 2. Post a photo of yourself (if you want to) and eleven random facts about […]
After 5 hours standing in the chilly doorway, occasionally being liberally sprinkled by the rain, I was ready to be relieved and go home to a hot bath and a meal. Once I had had to hide at the back of the doorway and shield my face from the stinging, driving rain. I was sure […]
It is only Thursday night, but as I have been helping a friend set up his first blog, it gave me the idea for the weekend theme. This weekend it is Chameleon. As usual, to play along, all you do is create a post, using the theme. Then come back here, leave a comment that […]
Anticipation. All very well to fling it out as the weekend theme, but… So I went browsing online definitions Loads of them (I popped them at the end of the post). So many seemed to think it a pleasurable emotion /act. Personally I think it could be a waste of emotional energy. Creating the reaction […]
It is Friday morning, time for the weekend theme. I was suddenly aware that the idea for the theme was there, somehow in the back of my mind. This week it is ANTICIPATION As usual, to play along, create a post using the theme, then come back here to add your note and a link […]
Here is the whole story. I am a hard-headed lawyer, or so my husband describes me. I am a corporate lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions, tax and watertight contracts. I do not involve myself in the messy personal aspects of the law, anti-nuptial contracts and divorce, or worse, criminal law. I […]
(Note – as I hate scrolling backwards to read earlier segments, I’m re-posting it all together, just scroll down to the part you want.) Part 1 I am a hard-headed lawyer, or so my husband describes me. I am a corporate lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions, tax and watertight contracts. I do not involve […]
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