Jean's Knitting

All is more or less in order here, with the emphasis perhaps rather on “less” than “more”. James and Cathy and their daughters should be h...

Not as good a day as yesterday; better than Saturday. I’m pretty well ready for the Mileses tomorrow. James and Cathy will probably st...

A better day, today. Not difficult, as yesterday I did nothing at all. Today n   I tidied the kitchen somewhat. It’ll have to be m...

I’m sorry for the gap. There’s nothing wrong, exactly. I had hoped that my bold ventures into the Western Isles and then to Wimbledon woul...

Thank you, Crochet66, for the assurance that Pointless will be back. I didn’t think of the BBC Frequently Asked Questions page. I actually...

I know this isn’t what you’re here to read about, but: my quiz programme has vanished from the television schedules. All old ladies have a...

Home again, safe and sound. I’m just touching base at the moment. I hope to be back in the saddle tomorrow evening. The cats are well, alt...

A pleasant day, and the packing is getting on nicely. No parking permit, however. I tried the telephone number you sent, Shandy – comment,...

Some steps forward, others back. No parking permit – but I have had an answer to my distressed emails from a Real Human Being who says...

Still no Parking Permit. Helen has taken the car away to a place where you don’t have to pay to park. A housing estate somewhere. Will it ...

There was a most promising envelope in the mail this morning, from the City of Edinburgh. It proved to be about rubbish collections – gard...

Another idle day – a day wasted, because it was a beautiful one. I must at least carry water out to my poor plants this evening. I’ve got ...

I’m sure I’ve told you before that Rachel was born early in the day, 60 years ago, and I was taken down to a ward, and someone came around...

All well – at least, as well as all ever is in this vale of tears. Don’t miss the preceding Stop Press, and thanks to all who have already...

Stop press: Here is a link to a tweet from Ketki with a reply from Murrayfield itself: https://twitter.com/Jaktmilesk/status/10079255729...

I was wrong: the interviewer did ask Penelope Jardine about rumpty tumpty with Muriel Spark –presumably having warned her of the question ...

I hope you all realised last night that I wasn’t here because family was. Alistair himself – by now, presumably, a graduate of Glasgow Uni...

There really is nothing to report today. The entire time has been spent worrying about (and paying for) the car. Helen nobly went off some...

The smooth progress of life had a bit of a setback today. I nipped down to Tesco’s this morning – and found not one but two parking ticket...

Tonight’s computer tragedy is that it won’t play Meg’s Fair Isle Vest video. I’ve wasted valuable time trying. Is this another feature of ...