Update Fifteen

Here we go again. On a banana peel. Slip-sliding into Christmas and New Year. Time for a damage report. This year, I’ve said goodbye to a steady salary, but I’ve also said hello to twenty new pounds. That oughtta keep me through the lean times. The Lord provides. _ _ _ 

Christmas In Norway

Rootin’ Tootin’ Yuletide And A Smashing Year Anew I Wish To Each And All But In Particular To You So Please Allow This Jolly Gush Of Greetings From Up North Merry, Happy, Holly Hugs And Kisses And So Forth … _ _ _

Update Fourteen

Snow is great. Love it. The virgin, white, pure stuff that tucks the world in a thick duvet, muffles all sounds and make people playful. That would be the Disney version. Then you have the New York “snirt”. _ _ _

Somebody’s Going Down for This

The glossy magazines are fronting tape measures and diet food. So, it’s January and payback time and we all have different ways of coping. Some, like me, spend a lot of time looking for someone to blame; One spends some glorious weeks of carefree gluttony, and then one’s suddenly left with hips that barely fit…