Category Archives: Journal
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Day three of the sore throat life. Soothers’ Butter Menthols are far better than Strepsils at taking the edge off. Less medicinal and more flavourful. Sick of eating soupy, throat friendly stuff so having supermarket shepherd’s pie tonight, which is, … Continue reading
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
The first real rain of the year. Sadly, no petrichor that I could detect, perhaps due to my cold, which came on quickly overnight and set up camp in my throat and the right side of my head. A good … Continue reading
Monday, 29 April 2024
Nothing in my youth prepared me for how much time I’d have to spend peeling and chopping and grating and crushing garlic. Maybe I should go for the tube version or even one of those huge jars. I don’t have … Continue reading
Saturday, 17 April 2024
Lunch was Ramen Keisuke. It got a lukewarm review from my wife’s friend forever ago so it kept getting nixed when I suggested it. But Tosaka doesn’t open for lunch so it got the nod today. Despite the Showa-era kitsch … Continue reading