On Sleep Deprivation
We all need our beauty sleep, people. Sleep deprivation is not healthy, and new evidence shows how unhealthy it can be.
May 2017
Hair Management: Learning to Live With Wilful Locks
You know, sometimes when life gets very serious, it’s good to stop and stress about something not so serious. Like hair. Wilful, mind of its own, totally misbehaving, unmanageable hair. Like mine. Because as you are no doubt aware, if you stop by here regularly, I do like to stress and obsess about my hair. …
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In Need of a Little Gentle Reading
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know that I have an abiding love for gentle books. Stories which ultimately make me sigh and feel that, despite everything, all is right with the world. When I say “all is right with the world” I don’t mean in the sense that the hero …
Armchair Travel: Two Wonderful Books About Faraway Lands
The weather today here is dreadful. Rainy, blowy, cold. Hubby is in the kitchen; the soup assembly-line is in full swing. He likes to “cook big,” as he says. Time to settle down for a good old natter about books, I think. Last night I finally finished Amor Towles latest novel A Gentleman in Moscow. I …
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