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Saturday morning found me at the beauty parlour for a facial. While I was waiting at the reception, I noticed a big banana-yellow sarcophagus standing upright in an alcove. It looked new and shiny, with Brazil! written above a picture of a topless Brazilian carnival dancer (that’s not going to harm my google ranking, Continue reading The Brazilian Orgasmatron and why I hate Enya
I read a blog a few days ago where a mother was astounded by the reality of her baby growing up . She had signed her daughter up for nursery or gym class (I don’t remember exactly) to start when she was nine months old. “I can’t believe she will ever be nine months”, Continue reading New word ©
At midnight there was a single low growl of thunder and the rain began to fall, absorbing the cloud of pollution that’s been hanging over Rome for the past ten days. It also reduced the incredibly high level of static electricity in the air. Every time we got out of the car recently, our Continue reading Rain at last
Shirley Conran’s epigraph to Superwoman is as true today as it was 30 years ago. Here’s the high and low points of my day. 06:45Woken by small boy. Freddo, mama. I’m bibbering. Stripped him off and showered him down. Stripped bed and loaded wash #1. Dressed both kids. Made their breakfast. Made their school Continue reading Life’s too short to stuff a mushroom
Appearances can be deceptive: that blue sky turns hazy at midday, with lovely orange-pink sunsets around six. All thanks to the incredibly high levels of traffic pollution. People have been complaining of sore throats and itchy eyes and now we know why. In The Dark Heart of Italy, Tobias Jones claims that Italy has Continue reading Rome: closed city |
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