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Minor rant

People of the world. Please note: there are hardly any instances where using the words “myself” or “yourself” is correct. “It was really bad for myself” – WRONG “I thought I would ask how it impacted yourself” – WRONG “I can’t believe what he said to yourself” – WRONG “James and myself went to the pub” – WRONG “It was really [...]

Dreaming

His arms curl around me. Branches, surrounding me, giving me roots. I can feel his familiar body behind me, moulding to my shape. I can feel him breathing on the back of my neck. Warm, regular breathing, lulling me to unconsciousness. In this cocoon of arms and legs I am safe. I am not alone. The alarm pierces [...]

So… do you come here often?

“I’m running away”, I whined. “There’s no way I’m doing this.” I pause, eyeing up an escape route. “You don’t believe me, but I will.” Blonde grins at me, sips her wine and then studiously examines the “speeding ticket” we’d both been handed, ignoring me. “Welcome to tonight’s Slow Dating event” I read. “You’ll be give four minutes to get [...]

Life = blogging

“Oh come on,” Blonde cajoles. “Just think, if it all goes horribly wrong, at least we can make a blog post out of it.” My foray into the murky world of singledom has, thus far, not been exceptionally successful. On doing a quick tally this morning, I find the average age of people looking at my [...]

Nuttycow’s guide to a successful wedding…

…for your guests, that is. 1. Free bar To me, this is a bit of a no-brainer. I understand that some people just don’t have the budget but for me, a wedding is a celebration and therefore should have free alcohol in order to help the er…  celebration 2. Minimal use of children I don’t mean in the slave [...]