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Letraset!

I have a traditional Claddagh ring that I received from my ex-husband on my 40th birthday.

These passages from Cornwell’s 1996 books brought back things I had totally forgotten – DOS, autoexec.bat files, LANs, the Michaelangelo virus.

Rob Temple, of Very British Problems I do love British humour, so I am a fan of the subreddit British Problems, and the Facebook page Very British Problems.

My stacking hero is a woman who works at the auction house where I sell jewellery.

I do grumble about the bots, scammers and trolls all over the internet, but there are things I think are amazing.

One thing that you would think was a chore is something I really like doing – untangling chains!

I love this feature!

I saw a person first but I have no idea why because human knees don’t bend like that.

I have a very bad sense of direction, which is very inconvenient because my job involves being all over the place.

I read this and went pffft, but of course I had to have a go and it is true.

I sometimes have to teach strange things.

Masai giraffe This is the South African giraffe

I have seen this error so many times in the last year.

I love independent bookstores, particularly The English Bookshop in Stockholm because they sell only English books.

This is a small statue at one of my workplaces.

My previous apartment was built in 1940 and had the original kitchen and bathroom.

— is buying a car in a ‘colour’ more expensive than buying one in grey, black, silver, or white?

I have always rather loved the Becksöndergaard Solid Coated Gabby Bag, though they are slightly too small for me.

These days if you see TikTok ‘pranks’ being carried out, or dangerous/annoying ‘challenges’, they are often accompanied by this haircut, aka the broccoli cut.

…I came down with my first cold of the season last week, and it was a bad one.

This was a Police ad campaign in the underground, encouraging (presumably) elderly relatives to be unpleasant to telephone callers.

I spotted this post on Instagram yesterday and was surprised that upgrading from an iPhone 11 to an 18 (17 in my case) was considered such a feat.

In South African English when I grew up, they were called slip-slops, also shortened to slops.

We don’t visit Sigtuna often, but it is the first place I went on the day I arrived in Sweden.

In my opinion, this area of Stockholm is one of the ugliest.

Find original here

I was tickled at this pendant at a local auction house.

These three dresses have been my summer go-tos this year, and on constant rotation.

I always love it when people make references to the Ship of Theseus, because it is such a fascinating thought experiment.

I love my beige Filippa K trenchcoat, and have worn it through at least 8 springs and autumns.

This was taken in early July.

Now that autumn is approaching, I am wearing indigo denim and brown corduroy, with burgundy and dark green accents.

I have written about this one before, but I love it so much I wanted to feature it again.

Our cats jump into any box that’s going, including small ones.

I saw these items in the art and craft gallery near the ferry harbour at Nynäshamn.

I bought these Camper shoes for $20 at a sample sale in the spring, and I really love them.

This photograph is of my maternal grandmother Zeata and I in her dahlia garden.

I have been teaching for over 40 years, and have, naturally, had friends and relationships during the course of my life.