Posts By: Henriette

Taking selfie obsession a step too far for comfort

Moving on, Our other National Drink, Family Marr sooooo busted!

Taking selfie obsession a step too far for comfort Ah, the selfie. I’m not sure if it’s a generational thing, but I can’t get into the idea of continually taking photos of myself with my arm in the way. Any time I have tried it the results have been shocking, and I’ve had to immediately… Read more »

Why I won’t be watching the Pistorius trial on TV

Moving on, Our other National Drink, Family Marr sooooo busted!

Why I won’t be watching the Pistorius trial on TV Some of the best films I’ve seen recently have been real life stories. Oscar contender Captain Phillips, with Tom Hanks playing the lead role as the captain of a ship hijacked by Somali pirates, was in my top ten of last year. Saving Mr Banks,… Read more »

Dishwasher Tablets, NHS, No ‘f’ in Twitter

Moving on, Our other National Drink, Family Marr sooooo busted!

Cheap can be Cheerful Dishwasher tablets. They’re not usually the sorts of things to get excited about. They live in the cupboard under the kitchen sink and get lobbed into the dishwasher whenever it is full. I say ‘lobbed’ because the clasp on the little compartment that is supposed to keep them captive until the… Read more »

Care homes, guerilla knitting, cannibalism

Moving on, Our other National Drink, Family Marr sooooo busted!

Let’s move in together – my solution to care in our old age For my Duke of Edinburgh Award I volunteered at Clashfarquhar in Stonehaven. It was an Old Folks’ Home in a grand and imposing former Victorian hotel with uninterrupted views over the bay. To my teenage self the residents seemed a happy, well… Read more »

Higher English, Mortified, Heriot Watt

Moving on, Our other National Drink, Family Marr sooooo busted!

Listen now or read On… My shock that Higher English isn’t as important as I thought it was There is no easy way to say this; Daughter #2 has chosen subjects for her Highers next year, and she has dropped Higher English. I know. Dropping English goes against every instinct of what I have always… Read more »

Whisky, Trainspotting and Rebecca Adlington

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Listen now, or read on! Whisky fuelled memories; and special ones, at that. I may have mentioned this before, but I love an occasional dram. It was my mother who taught me how to drink whisky – always with water, although we argue about how much to add. Never with ice, and absolutely never with… Read more »