http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/DON'T KNOW WHERE. Travelling through life writing my thoughts. http://www.blog.co.uk/group/blogbreak - for news of those who have GONE SOMEWHERE ELSEen-UKhttp://backend.userland.com/rss092http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/41/d19dfd99919512359c2f059139d2de_160x200.jpg <p>I like the paintings of Jack Vettriano - or rather I like some of them - the erotic ones. When in Edinburgh recently, I went into a shop displaying some of his work in the window. I was hoping to get a copy of "Game On", which is my favourite, but no such luck. It was a limited edition and now sells for thousands. I vacillated over it when it was available for £500, so I'm not going to pay thousands. For one thing I can't afford to. My daughter and myself got chatting to the girl behind the counter and it turned out that she and her boyfriend were the models for that painting (and for several others). I'm not usually impressed by celebrity (I even declined to have my photo taken with Leonard Cohen!) but in a strange way it was quite a thrill to talk to this young woman. In fact it was an unexpected delight. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/10/24/jack-vettriano-7235266/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/10/24/jack-vettriano-7235266/Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:00:02 +0200 <p>Me: That's my daughter.</p> <p>Gasman: You just come in from school, then?</p> <p>Her: Not recently.</p> <p>Me: She's thirty-one!</p> <p>I think there must be a painting in the attic of her too. I must check. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/10/13/looking-young-but-not-that-young-7156873/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/10/13/looking-young-but-not-that-young-7156873/Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:40:33 +0200 <p>Daughter: They do Brazilian's too.</p> <p>Me: I didn't know they do those there.</p> <p>Daughter: Oh, they do them everywhere.</p> <p>Granddaughter (aged 7): Not in Sainsbury's, they don't! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/10/12/talking-about-waxing-7156706/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/10/12/talking-about-waxing-7156706/Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:10:35 +0200 <p>Do not let your man chop chillies and then touch your lady bits - even if he's washed his hands thoroughly beforehand. It makes said lady bits anything but chilly! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/09/27/a-warning-for-women-7047486/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/09/27/a-warning-for-women-7047486/Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:24:24 +0200 <p>... hold all the precious moments tightly and never let them go. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/i-want-to-7027976/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/i-want-to-7027976/Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:50:04 +0200 <p>I'm thinking that lately I've been doing too much thinking. </p> <p>I'm thinking I should stop doing so much thinking. </p> <p>I'm thinking I should stop telling others what I am thinking before I cause endless trouble for myself. </p> <p>Sometimes it's just best to keep what one is thinking to oneself. </p> <p>Which is exactly what I am going to do here. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/30/goingsomewhere-is-thinking-that-she-should-not-do-so-much-thinking-6614585/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/30/goingsomewhere-is-thinking-that-she-should-not-do-so-much-thinking-6614585/Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:02:44 +0200 <p>Yes, another friend has disappeared. Emsbabee is gone and I know not where. Lost in the wilds of Wales, probably. No sign of any posting in <span><a href="http://blogbreak.blog.co.uk/">Blog Break</a></span>, so does anyone know what has become of her? She was one of my first friends, wrote intelligently and with wit, and I shall really miss her.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/29/oh-no-not-another-one-6611294/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/29/oh-no-not-another-one-6611294/Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:19:08 +0200 <p><span>We all touch the lives of others in ways we don't even realise.</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/28/goingsomewhere-philosophy-6600998/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/28/goingsomewhere-philosophy-6600998/Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:40:54 +0200 <p>She has the most beautiful hair I have ever seen. It shimmers pale gold as it flows down her back. I love her very much. As I do the other one who has hair dark as my own. To think I made them both. How clever was I? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/10/she-has-the-most-beautiful-hair-i-have-ever-seen-6488059/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/10/she-has-the-most-beautiful-hair-i-have-ever-seen-6488059/Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:50:49 +0200 <p>Didn't the tags used to be in alphabetical order? What is the point of the current arrangement? One has to go through the whole list to find anything. Good thing I stopped using tags. I was going to start again, but it looks like it's probably a waste of time. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/02/tags-6436764/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/07/02/tags-6436764/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:41:38 +0200 <p>. . . of women who never admit to anything being their fault, so naturally someone else is to blame for anything from small mishap to total disaster. And thus it was with the cooker that caught fire. The fact that it has been on the blink for years and that I did nothing about it naturally had nothing to do with it. I just put up with various inconveniences like no oven timer and faulty thermostat and the resultant culinary disasters. Even a huge bang and flash of light when I last put the oven on didn't stop me from using it, when I quite plainly should have had more sense. Obviously that had deserted me - then and later when I sought to blame Jenray for what happened. Of course she wasn't to blame - for once I'll admit it was all my own fault. The whole thing was meant to be tongue in cheek, but obviously I didn't do it right because I managed to upset Jenray ( <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/06/20/not-very-nice-6348351/#comments">http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/06/20/not-very-nice-6348351/#comments</a> ) and I'm sorry as that certainly was not my intention. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/06/22/i-come-from-a-long-line-6359393/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/06/22/i-come-from-a-long-line-6359393/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:23:23 +0200 <p>Baking bread today resulted in oven fire. </p> <p>Don't ask. </p> <p>It's got to be the most expensive bread ever made. I now have to get a new cooker. And the bread didn't even turn out right. Not much of a surprise really, bearing in mind it was very nearly cremated.</p> <p>* <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/06/18/bread-recipe-6336401/#comments">http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2009/06/18/bread-recipe-6336401/#comments</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/06/19/i-blame-jenray-6342694/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/06/19/i-blame-jenray-6342694/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:04:38 +0200 <p>Some time ago - lots of time ago, actually - one of my blog friends removed me from her list. I asked her to reinstate me and have felt guilty ever since. She obviously removed me because she didn't want to read my blog any more, and she was perfectly right to do so. I wanted to continue reading hers, but I can do that without being linked to her as a friend, so I'm letting her go. I think that it isn't a good idea that in order to see other bloggers posts easily, we have to be mutual friends. Live Journal makes it possible to 'friend' someone without having to be friended back. Why can't BCUK do the same? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/05/12/the-friends-thing-6103714/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/05/12/the-friends-thing-6103714/Tue, 12 May 2009 17:36:36 +0200 <p>Salesperson - Something something, your wife.</p> <p>Mr GoingToBeGoingSomewhere (possibly, if he's lucky) - She's not my wife.</p> <p>Salesperson - Sorry, your daughter.</p> <p>Mr GoingToBeGoingSomewhere (possibly, if he's lucky) - She's not my daughter.</p> <p>At this point Salesperson gives up trying to guess who I might be in relation to Mr GoingToBeGoingSomewhere (possibly, if he's lucky) and I'm grinning happily. </p> <p>Mr Going-to-be-GoingSomewhere (possibly, if he's lucky) not too sure if he's looking too old. No, no, it's me looking too young. <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/05/12/there-is-a-painting-of-me-in-the-attic-6103183/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/05/12/there-is-a-painting-of-me-in-the-attic-6103183/Tue, 12 May 2009 16:02:40 +0200 <p>I've been away so long I can hardly believe how much has happened to my friends here in the world of blog.co.uk. I think I've caught up with most of you now. It was really good to read what has been happening in your lives, particularly where what has happened has been positive. Not so good where there have been negatives. Sorry if I haven't left comments for all of you. It does seem strange to think that so much has gone on and I haven't known about it - the occasional flying visit has not been enough. I wish I had the time to spend here - that is in addition to all the time I spend doing other things, not instead of them. How on earth did I used have the time to spend hours here? I have no idea. </p> <p>I really appreciate that I still have so many friends here bearing in mind how infrequent my visits are. Thank you.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/05/07/i-ve-missed-you-all-6072663/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/05/07/i-ve-missed-you-all-6072663/Thu, 07 May 2009 09:03:08 +0200 <p>I hope all of you had at least a reasonable Christmas and at best a wonderful one and I wish you all</p> <p class="center"> A HAPPY and HEALTHY 2009 </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/01/01/new-year-5306914/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2009/01/01/new-year-5306914/Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:31:43 +0100 <p>"There is a crack in everything<br> That's how the light gets in."</p> <p>Leonard Cohen </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/11/24/yes-there-is-5098491/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/11/24/yes-there-is-5098491/Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:23:42 +0100He loves me. I love him. We make each other very happy. It's crazy and it's wonderful.<p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/10/13/going-somewhere-4864507/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/10/13/going-somewhere-4864507/Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:03:13 +0200 <p>A talented young man playing his own composition. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/15/dream-song-4316510/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/15/dream-song-4316510/Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:05:18 +0200 <p>Thanks <a href="http://subville.blog.co.uk/2008/06/07/one-of-those-4284361"><u>Subville</u></a> and <a href="http://truepathfinder.blog.co.uk/2008/06/07/tagged-by-philhodg-4286880#comments"><u>Jenray</u><br> </a><br> 1. What I was doing 10 years ago:<br> Enjoying my life, pretty much.</p> <p>2. What 5 things are on on my to-do list for today:<br> Get tomato plants out into garden<br> Go for a long walk<br> Have lunch with daughter and granddaughter<br> Get rid of some rubbish<br> Chill</p> <p>3. Snacks I enjoy:<br> Handcooked crisps<br> Cherries (and most other fruits)<br> Green and Blacks milk chocolate with almonds</p> <p>4. Things I would do if I was a billionaire:<br> Make sure my family were financially secure.<br> Have properties in Paris, Edinburgh, Adelaide, London, Florence and other cool places.<br> Give most of it away.</p> <p>5. Places I have lived:<br> Ha, now that would be telling.</p> <p>I know I should be tagging people, but I imagine most of you have already done this, so it ends here. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/15/tagged-4316668/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/15/tagged-4316668/Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:42:10 +0200 <p>Yesterday I came across a book I bought last year, or maybe even the year before. It's title - <em>How To Improve Your Memory</em>. I fear it has proved less than successful in it's intent. I'd completely forgotten I'd got it. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/03/memory-what-memory-4259776/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/03/memory-what-memory-4259776/Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:23:26 +0200 <p>I enjoyed watching this on <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/user/avrilo/"><u>avrilo's</u></a> blog the other day, so thought I'd have it on mine. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/01/groovy-dancing-girl-4253409/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/06/01/groovy-dancing-girl-4253409/Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:05:17 +0200 <p>My daughter: "That's because I've never had a child before."<br> Me: "Well, neither had I until I had your sister. And your brother. And you."<br> Pause whilst I consider what I've just said, then: "Except your brother and you, that is."<br> <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/22/sometimes-i-do-wonder-about-myself-4207377/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/22/sometimes-i-do-wonder-about-myself-4207377/Thu, 22 May 2008 13:34:04 +0200 <p>Not only does my computer dictate whether or not I can use it and when, but now the internet is in cahoots with it. For several days I've been unable to log onto it, and most inconvenient that was, particularly as it is such an amazing source of information. I can find information on just about anything there and I really missed it. Not that I log on every day, but I like having whatever information I require at the end of my fingers. The internet is my encycolpedia, my dictionary, my prime news source and so much more, not to mention that it is how I keep in contact with most of my friends. And of course, it's how I connect with the world of Blog.co.uk. No wonder I miss it when I can't access it. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/17/at-the-mercy-of-the-internet-connection-4187371/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/17/at-the-mercy-of-the-internet-connection-4187371/Sat, 17 May 2008 21:26:07 +0200 <p>I'm feeling so much better. It might not last, of course, but as long as it does, I'm making the most of it. Isn't it amazing how different the world looks when one isn't feeling ill? I'm not even feeling old now, either. What was all that about?<br> Oddly enough, now that I am feeling so much better I really have very little time to spend here as I'm desperately trying to catch up with everything I've been unable to do of late. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/12/the-state-of-me-4161825/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/12/the-state-of-me-4161825/Mon, 12 May 2008 08:38:35 +0200 <p>Some people say that chocolate is better than sex, and at last I can appreciate why. Recently my elder daughter spent some days in Zurich where she purchased some very expensive chocolates. A <a href="http://www.spruengli.ch/Shop/geschenke-produkt.php?art_nr=13432#"><u>praline selection box</u></a> costing twenty-six pounds (for thriry-six chocolates) has come my way. Oh my, how very delightfully tasty they are. They are almost as good as the <a href="http://www.spruengli.ch/Shop/geschenke-produkt.php?art_nr=13574"><u>truffles</u></a> costing one pound each that I had a sample of at her house. Actually, that is an understatement - those truffles are orgasmically delicious. But better than sex? Not quite - there is nothing better than sex - however they do come a very close second. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/11/better-than-sex-4161515/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/11/better-than-sex-4161515/Sun, 11 May 2008 22:49:21 +0200 <p>I was just thinking of how much I love poetry, but the weird thing is that I can't stand too much of it. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/02/bit-weird-4122697/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/05/02/bit-weird-4122697/Fri, 02 May 2008 14:38:00 +0200 <p>I'm feeling rather weird of late. Everything seems to be slowing down. Everything seems too much of an effort. Physical and mental processes are all affected. I've been ill, so that might account for it, or maybe I'm just getting old. If that is the case, all I can say is that I don't care for it one bit. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/25/the-state-of-me-4095311/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/25/the-state-of-me-4095311/Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:07:05 +0200 <p>How aware are you? Maybe doing this test could save a life. Seriously. It could be my daughter's, it could be <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/user/captain_autumn/"><u>Captain Autumn's</u></a>, it could be <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/user/subville/"><u>Subville's</u></a>, it could be her son's. It could be someone you know. So, do it. Okay? <a href="http://www.dothetest.co.uk/"><u>H E R E</u></a></p> <p>I posted this a couple of weeks ago, but because it was in the evening, I think most of you missed it. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/14/awareness-4040680/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/14/awareness-4040680/Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:10:27 +0200 <p>Ha. Not enough young Catholic men coming forward to be priests. Good. Stupid expecting young men to give up everything, and by that I mean a sexual life and a family life, which as far as I'm concerned, is just about everything. It's about time the Catholic Church woke up and dispensed with compulsory celibacy for it's priests. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/13/down-with-celibacy-4039143/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://lifetraveller.blog.co.uk/2008/04/13/down-with-celibacy-4039143/Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:47:13 +0200