Ee bah gum, but that’s right gradely
I have a super patriotic “Just because” post for you today. Patriotic as in talking about the old home country… My sister has just sent me an article which filled …
Category: England
Never too old to learn a new word
Which in this case is “mudlark“. In London recently, walking near London Bridge, I saw a pub called The Mudlark. I’ll freely admit here to my ignorance, since I presumed the …
There’s no fool etc etc
What’s that expression? “There’s no fool like an old fool”. One of the tragic things about getting old is that: (a) despite all the evidence to the contrary, you never …
“Delhi will be like London in a year”
What? I read the headline again. No, it was still the same. Checked the date. Nope, not April Fool’s Day, but Monday March 6. In the venerable Times of India. …
Baking Christmas Cakes in India
There is an interesting little story in the morning papers here, about Le Club des Chefs des Chefs, who are meeting here in Delhi. These chefs des chefs are the …
Happy birthday to a truly wonderful lady
Although this is, at heart, an Indocentric blog (she says, writing from the Kruger Park…) this guest post concerns our neighbour, Burma. The post belongs entirely to my daughter Anjulie, …