One of my favourite movies of all time is the highly underrated Tangled. It tells the story of a handsome thief, and a beautiful girl with magical hair. It doesn’t hurt Flynn/Eugene Rider’s case that I think he looks rather like my handsome husband. The movie also features a remarkably dog-like horse called Maximus andContinue reading “When will my life begin?”
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Just one of those things
From one jazzy playlist to another! This sort of song definitely makes me want to jump back onto the dance floor at the very first opportunity I get. A gorgeous big ballroom, with round tables dotting the edge of the room. Feather boas, the men in fine suits with satin lapels and shiny patent shoes.Continue reading “Just one of those things”
Mrs Robinson
Simon and Garfunkel reminds me a lot of when I was about sixteen, and basking in music that my parents loved when they were teens and students, but that my friends and I really thought we had discovered entirely on our own. It’s odd how teenagers really think that they are the first to discoverContinue reading “Mrs Robinson”
Revival
When you’re on leave and have some time to do the things you’ve been putting off for a while, isn’t funny how you often just sit on the couch watching telly? It’s like the will to do interesting things just leaves in an exhalation, more like a raspberry than a sigh – with a bigContinue reading “Revival”
My Way
Tomorrow is our first wedding anniversary. It’s been quite a year, all told. Including one wedding, one patch of unemployment, one agonising wait for a visa, one international move, and one global pandemic. I mean, We had some control over some of those things, but they all amounted to quite a big series of life-changes.Continue reading “My Way”
Send me on my way
“On my way” is the refrain from this song. On my way to where? Certainly on a journey to an adventure. Today’s another day of dreaming of places I could go exploring when I am able to get there. I will enjoy the journey and the destination equally, and it’s certainly going to be moreContinue reading “Send me on my way”
Teardrop
Note to reader: this blog contains a few spoilers to various series – almost all of them over ten years old. Read on at your own peril. For a while, I’ve disliked closure of the last episode of a series that I’ve particularly enjoyed watching. I don’t like the feeling that it’s over, that theContinue reading “Teardrop”
Daydream Believer
There is something wonderful about creativity, in that it kind of builds on itself without you really needing to graft and put in the effort. I took a week of leave nearly a month ago to use up my remaining annual leave this leave year, and I basically had crickets in my brain. I readContinue reading “Daydream Believer”
PoP! goes my heart!
Ah,another cheesy soundtrack from another Hugh Grant rom-com; and by no means, his best one. It does however, contain the epic line: “I googled you, and you are good!” in his most peculiarly English upper-class inflection. This has become a standard pronunciation of the verb “to google” in my family – to the extent thatContinue reading “PoP! goes my heart!”
O God beyond all praising
Sung to the tune I more commonly associate with “I vow to thee, my country”. I knew that if I kept going through my spotify playlists, I would definitely hit a seam of religious music. I’ve got a couple of playlists of old school hymns, and a couple of more recent praise and worship music.Continue reading “O God beyond all praising”
Everyday Adventures 