The sun is shining.Birds are singing.Our garden is already full of flowers. It is a good day.Especially as I am about to be spoilt. Why? Because it is Mothers Day in Switzerland,and I am one. I have grown out of the role of course,my daughters have long turned into my friends,which is I suppose as [...]
A State Visit to England always entails a lot of work when it comes to getting the brass polished, but what was shown yesterday for the visit of President Sarkozy of France and his new wife,- more well known for nude portraits, seemed to me as a Brit, and despite everything a Royalist, a little [...]
I don’t really need to diet,but have noticed that if I eat more than1500 kcals a day I gain weight.Recently I have retired so stress and exercise which I had when working has been mostly eliminated. Because I enjoy all the things which according to the diet gurus I shouldn’t eat,—cream filled cakes,pastry,chocolate and meat [...]
Politics do interest me.I don’t have a great understanding of it. Think if politics were left up to women the world might concievably be a better place. Logical thinking,organisationtalent,sound moral values and a big portion of common sense seem to me necessary but often missing. What colour would I wear, probably lila. Lately I went [...]
I have seen the glass flowers at Harvard,- never changing in their artificial beauty. But the flowers which surprised me today were real. They look and smell like a breath of Spring as I see them before me on the table now. A huge bouquet of unruly orange poppies,yellow roses,their petals tipped in amber.Green snowballs,white [...]
“Love is like the measles–all the worse when it comes late in life.” Douglas Jerold 1803-57. Wit and Opinions 1850 I think everybody should experience once in their lives what the French call an ‘Amour fou’ The problem is of course you can’t programme the ending, you just know it will be very painful. Maybe [...]
Would you all say I was a little mad that after my ‘coming of age’ on the 19th 0f March-(and its not my 21 st Birhday,but the day on which I never have to work again) I might consider packing a rucksack and getting myself on a flight to somewhere in Asia. Yes, I do [...]
So for all of you who know what scones are, and for those who don’t- here is a fool proof recipe. 8 ounces of Flour 4 teaspoons of baking powder a pinch of salt 2 ounces of butter (50gr) 1 ounce of sugar (25gr) 1 ounce of sultanas 1 egg 1/8 of a pint of [...]
I was in London again. The city that seems more and more like the ‘Neverland’. A soap bubble that one day will burst and be gone. But before it goes , and as long as the ravens are on Tower Hill it won’t, I must share my love of Teatime. What is teatime to less [...]
“Take care of the pence and the pounds will look after themselves” William Lowndes 1652-1724 On the corner of Rennweg and Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich stands the noble Flagship store of Swiss shoes -Bally. They are beautifull shoes,beautifully handcrafted at a beautifull price. I am not a regular customer, but I have bought shoes there, always [...]
