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Salad and Sherry

Writing The Long Way Around

Having enjoyed a comely salad of butter beans, walnuts, red onions, courgettes, sultanas and wheat free soy sauce, I was perturbed to turn around and find myself confronted with the particular (and possibly unprecedented) problem  of a head on collision involving  a suede bag, feta cheese and a stolen sachet of sugar from Starbucks. Having dealt with the situation admirably I was delighted to find Santa’s secret stash of Christmas sherry under my bed. Fortified wine to fortify my troubled nerves indeed; although I am now slightly squiffy. Hic. Continue reading Salad and Sherry

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Oh what a frenzy, oh what a crowd

Writing The Long Way Around

Quite simply, it doesn’t happen often enough. In fact it has never happened; last night was a first. A friend invited me to the opera. Usually I have to go alone. It’s been a while since I have been to the opera, The Marriage of Figaro was I think the last one. Last night we saw Scottish Opera’s superb production of The Barber of Seville, my first Rossini opera and the first time I didn’t buy a program, relying wholly on the electronic translations above the stage . I definitely prefer this as usually I spend too much time with … Continue reading Oh what a frenzy, oh what a crowd