The Family Burgess on Vatnajokull glacier I read this morning that another volcano, Grimsvotn, has erupted in Iceland, this time under the Vatnajokull glacier in the south east of the country. I’ve been there, walked
The kitchen’s coming on nicely
The plasterers arrived on Monday. A mouthful of teeth between them and a hearty two sugars each in their tea – balance has been restored after the no-sugar, smart, neat-bummed brigade from last week. Can
A conversation I wish I’d never started – No. 2
You may remember the first ‘conversation I wish I’d never started’ with my teenage son. The inability of my addled, middle-aged brain to connect with the sharp, intolerance of youth. Here’s another one from this morning at breakfast. Me: I just heard
The Gallery – Chilled out – Ladyboy
It’s not often you have your camera primed and ready when an unexpected photo opportunity comes along. A few years ago I was lucky. We were staying at my parents for the weekend and
Goodbye Old Kitchen
As I sit here typing, our old kitchen is being demolished. I can hear the chap downstairs chipping away at old tiles, unscrewing units from the walls and smashing the brick island into rubble. Most of
Happiness is a good book
Spotted above a shop in Copenhagen – this perky lady enjoying the pleasures of a good book. Feel free to add your own caption or suggest what she might be, erm, reading? Update: I’m going
Mum’s Gone to the Spalding Flower Parade
Last weekend was quite something wasn’t it? The Royal Wedding on Friday ended up being so addictive that most of us were glued to our TVs whether or not we had planned to do so.
Mum’s Gone to Copenhagen – Final Part – Noma next time
The adolescent Merman Getting lost can often be a good thing. We decided to return to the city centre via a different train station, Hellerup, as the Bodyworlds exhibition (see Part Three) was