I love good food. I love good conversation. And I love not having to cook or wash the dishes.
Eating out with friends is the perfect way to achieve all three of the above. And I have to tell you that it’s particularly good when one of those friends takes you to his favourite restaurant, which [...]
Eating out with friends
Revisiting my childhood
I had a very happy childhood.
I was lucky enough to have loving, responsible, easy-going parents, parents who didn’t split up and who never argued in front of the kids. Dad worked hard to earn money to give us the essentials, and nice things, and holidays. Mum threw herself into motherhood with a passion, and as [...]
Finishing a project
I start off so enthusiastically when I get a new set of articles to write, a new project to work on, fresh material to work with. I write and write and write, and then I realise I’m exhausted, and then the enthusiasm starts to fade. But by that stage I’m normally about three quarters of [...]
Knowing I’m Loved
When life – or a man – leaves you barely hanging together, it’s very easy to get sucked into the self-pitiful abyss where it seems that you’re all alone. You’re rejected, not good enough, a failure, unwanted, unloved, not worth being with.That’s a crap place to be.
And it’s nonsense. Just because one person changes his [...]
Hearing a sweet, happy song.
It just makes me happy.
Spring Sunshine
The first sunny days after winter are always a pleasure.
But nothing compares to how genuinely overjoyed I was to emerge, blinking, into the first bright and sunny day in Tallinn after a winter that seemed as if it would go on forever. After months of darkness, snow, grey skies and gloomy mists, it was [...]
Sushi
I love sushi. Really, really love it.
I remember being really disappointed the first time some friends took me for sushi when I was in America – the waitress brought the plates to the table and I looked at the tiny little rolls in amazement. Surely that wasn’t the entire meal? I could have eaten each [...]
Daft clothing
I mean, seriously. If you saw someone like this when you were out doing the shopping on an otherwise grey and gloomy day, wouldn’t it brighten up your world?
It just makes me happy.
Finding interesting Siirup flavours
I have not made a secret of the fact that I love going to new supermarkets and seeing all sorts of new weird and wonderful products. I have also previously stated my love of Siirup, Estonia’s equivalent of “squash” juice or “dilutin’” as my family have always called it.
Imagine my delight, therefore, when I was [...]
Cadbury’s Creme Eggs
I cannot accurately describe the feeling of pleasure that a Cadbury’s Creme Egg can bring.
I tried to, once, in this post on my “real” blog, saying:
The most positive thing I have encountered during the flurry of negative feelings is, without a shadow of doubt, the Cadbury’s Creme Egg. Pessimism is impossible when you’ve just hollowed [...]
