Author: Lou

It seems a shame to rub it in (as there are now no flights in or out of the UK due to volcanic ash clouds straying from Iceland) but this time last week we were in a very sunny NYC. On arrival on Thursday 8th April, we dumped our luggage at the Edison hotel, Times… Continue reading Top of the Rock, NYC

Thanks to Assassin’s Creed 2 (set in Florence) we’ve just enjoyed a few days break in Pisa and Florence. Now I’ve discovered that K will travel to the places on my hit-list, provided he can play a video game set there first, I’m on the look-out for new games set in Japan, Vietnam, South Africa,… Continue reading Firenze frolics

H, my niece, had a photo-feature of her hamster, Lottie, published in the current edition of the RSPCA’s Animal Action magazine: Link to magazine extract: ~ Lottie, featured hamster Link to Lou’s journo pages: ~ Lou’s journo pages

The bookshelves can wait. My long-serving home PC keeps failing and its end is near. Clearing / backing-up files and content on my hard drive ‘bookshelves’ is the priority. And so time-consuming too, when you’re reminded of stuff like this: I pop bubble wrap at 2.07 bubbles per second! I popped 196 bubbles in 1… Continue reading Distracted by bubbles

Hmmm… that wasn’t very successful. Or was it? Trying to make some space on my overloaded bookshelves, I started out by trying to select a few oldies I could get rid of but discovered some recipe booklets I’ve never used. A trip to Asda, a pile of sesame prawn toast and a mound of lentil… Continue reading Distracted by books