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New starts
Cough, cough. Cough, cough. Excuse me whilst I let the clouds of dust settle for a moment …….. Snowdrops are some of the most determined yet delicate plants to have in the garden, a symbol of how...
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Lessons in light and life
How would you feel if someone suggested visiting a squatters commune to your touring itinerary? Probably not that enthralled, at least that would have been my reaction. But when a fellow photographer...
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The curse of the cursor
There’s a blinking cursor on the screen. Winking at me. Throbbing rhythmically like a resting heartbeat.  The longer that I stare at it, the emptier my mind becomes. The cursor seems competitive,...
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Is it age or rage?
There’s something of a role reversal emerging here at Domestic Executive HQ. But not in the way you might ordinarily imagine. Alas, no-one has yet stepped up to take over the ironing. Instead, I’ve...
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The edges of beauty
Bula, greetings from the South Pacific………. It’s hard to conceive how far New Zealand is from the rest of the world until you want to get away. If you fancy a change of scene, respite from...
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To blog or not?
So often I ponder, to blog or not? Today I thought not. So, I logged in to remove the link to the Domestic Executive Facebook page. Part of my defiant attempt to squeeze useless social media from my...
View ArticleSo what’s new? The April fool.
I’ve been the April fool so often. The annual sport to trip me up or trick me out. And, for someone who really, and I mean, really, doesn’t like to be teased there was no fun in the fooling around....
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Brain Sparks and other nonsense
Somewhere in space is a spaceship that contains the fountain of eternal youth. It’s true. They even made a movie about it. But who needs movies when we have built-in virtual reality. That secret life...
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Garden habits and other lessons in life
Chelsea’s annual glitterati of gardening is just a few weeks away. A cornucopia of the great, good and glamorous of the horticultural world. Can’t beat it for armchair gardening. You can turn...
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The world needs more mystery, don’t you think?
As words go, zeitgeist adds more mystery to its meaning. It packs a futuristic spin on a moment in time. Knowing the zeitgeist works wonders as a sociological ah-ha moment. A mental shortcut that...
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