What is a MOOC? A massive open on-line course! I have done one and started a second through “FutureLearn“. Why? Well, I was busy and had lots to do, but wasn’t really using my brain as I had learned how to do the “jobs” that I do. That meant that I was starting to get…
Category: Things to do
“Do” Lent!
No, not the usual “give something up”, but 2 other things. The first was our church encouraged everyone to read the same Bible verses each day for Lent. The verses are gradually moving through the Bible – starting at Genesis – and there are notes written by different people in the church. They were given…
Eat a (grey) squirrel!
No, I didn’t kill one of those that invade my garden, but I would very happily do so if I didn’t think some of my neighbours would object! Once a year the game stall on the market sells squirrel after there has been a cull on a local estate. Last year I only considered it,…
Research Salisbury Steam Laundry?
The recent storms have blown away the modern posters on a local advertising space and we are left with the original one. I wonder when that dates from? It is obviously quite old and the paint is peeling off, but it is quite well preserved, no doubt because it has been covered with other posters….
Pheasant
What is this landing on my fence? A nice plump pheasant! I wonder where it came from? I looked out of my window at lunch time and there it was. I think it must be slightly off track, because there are houses all round…….. Perhaps it has escaped the guns (the shooting season is over…
Do a jigsaw
Just the sort of thing to do in the winter when the weather is wet and windy or cold and the evenings are long, so one can’t get out very much. But they can become a bit addictive. And it is hard to match colours in artificial light. I prefer jigsaws of about 1000 pieces…
Do puzzles
I find these quite a good way to occupy short lengths of time and also keep the brain going a bit. I mostly go for sudoku and codewords but I heard on the radio the other day that to really keep the brain active one should change the type of puzzle that one does. I…
Make marmalade
I do this most years, because I like home made marmalade much better than shop bought – although shop bought lime marmalade is good. Making it is a chore, though, but I tend to forget that between years……. Seeing the Seville oranges in the shop I knew it was the time to get to work…
Go and take photos of the flooding
I did wonder if I could be bothered, but everyone kept telling me about Lizzy Gardens (Queen Elizabeth Gardens to non locals) so I thought I ought to go and see, in which case I might as well take my camera. I went when I was half way into town anyway and it was true…
Have a family Christmas
I went to Cambridge, to my brother’s, for Christmas. I was invited as they all apparently behave better if I am there and don’t argue so much! I don’t think they did argue – well not early in the morning as I was usually one of the first up, but they could have done after…