What do you wish you could do more every day? Mooch around the shore line like a spoonbill, or amble about a gallery full of modern art, without intent. Drink strong, milky coffee and wander the streets of a city … Continue reading Wish List
Not wanting to lose the content of my soon to expire website, yesterday morning I looked into exporting it to a saveable file and found I … Continue reading Migration
I actually got to see a health professional in person! And not just a GP or, as is the norm here now, the practice nurse (brilliant as she is) but a musculoskeletal expert. I’m not quite sure how I pulled … Continue reading Bottoms up!
Last night D decided to look up my name, Eryl, can’t remember why, but the first thing that came up was a hotel in Bangor called Eryl y Mor and this made him look up what Eryl means. Which led … Continue reading Lookout, lookout!
This will be my last post on this site. It’s become too expensive and I really can’t justify keeping it, so I have resurrected my old blog, erylshields.com and added another url, https://erylgasperdick.com, so you can get to it via … Continue reading On the Move
I think I have a blood clot in my right leg, I told the woman who answered the phone at the doctors’ surgery, and explained my symptoms. She panicked, I can’t see a way of fitting you in, and I … Continue reading Spong
February already and I’m only just making the first post of the year! I have a number of excuses, the biggest being all the house renovations. We’re still not quite finished, we only installed a light fixture in the sitting … Continue reading Renewal
How handy, I can scrawl a note in GoodNotes and post directly to here! Continue reading Oh Crap!
‘And it’s true that I am a person of enthusiasms,’ writes Nigella Lawson in the introduction to her book, Simply Nigella.* I, also, am a person of enthusiasms. Some people may call them obsessions; some passions; some fixations, but I … Continue reading Enthusiasms and the Kitchen
When I got an iPad (my first) in April, I had high hopes for all the things I’d be able to do with/on it. My laptop is getting old (5 years!) and I’d like to keep it for work stuff … Continue reading Mobility
Eryl Gasper-Dick, still curious 