From My Mental Library

Just this morning, I finished my last book for 2011, and I can't believe there weren't more than 30 - there used to be a time when ...

...a cosy Christmas Eve last night with the family, as always, at my parents'. And as always, we had spuds salad (two kinds, one with...

...for Christmas is what our weather here was really trying, but unlike last year, when we had a proper White Christmas like the one you se...

...at Kessler's, makers of sparkling wine since 1826, is where we went last Saturday. "We" means my parents, my sister and ...

A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law, who often provides me with reading material, has done it again: she sent a small parcel from England and ...

For two days in a row, we've had stormy, wet weather which made one want to stay indoors, and so that is what we did on Friday night. ...

Two films I've watched a while ago, with a week or two apart from each other; the similarity between them was not intended, but they bot...