Thrilled, on returning from hospital, by this bud on my Lithops, I had been waiting for it to open fully. Morning, before work, and evening, after, I checked it; no change. But this afternoon, before my nap, there it was, fully open.

I should have known (or guessed) there might be a circadian e...

In some respects there are just three seasons to our year.

1. Too dark to walk down by the river, morning and evening.
2. Light enough in the morning, too dark in the evening.
3. Light enough at both ends.
   Today we passed from 1 to 2. Without rushing home, it was just about light enough to ensure th...

To the Popes’ Hot Baths, near Viterbo, on a perfect day for soaking; overcast, drizzly, cold wind. There was a goodly lot of steam rising from the surface, but not enough to obscure the delights of carefully plucked male eyebrows and a fair amount of ink.

While lazing about in the water, moving hi...

"He wears make-up, like me, maybe a little bit less but he does. He wears heels, so sometimes, at least aesthetically we have more in common than he would think."

The Italian election is just so entertaining, and even if you don't have the stomach to sit through all the TV on the subject, [Reu...

He’s a caution, that Silvio Berlusconi! That thing about no-sex, because I’ve got an election? [All a joke] http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2006/01/31/1420325-ap.html.¹

Of course, as was said in another (sex-fuelled) context, he would say that, wouldn't he. Or, for those who prefer an...