I am jealous. I mean really jealous. Take Corpodibacco’s post (Unfortunately, the blog no longer exists) as an example. Here’s a guy who isn’t mother-tongue English, writing stuff that I really like to read. OK so his English isn’t perfect (sorry C) but it’s pretty good and nothing a good editor couldn’t fix if it were to go into print. But his description, the imagery is all there. I, on the other hand, seem to scribble rubbish. Just the trivial facts, nothing of any real meaning.
Following Alex Fear’s (although, unfortunately, the blog no longer exists) comment on this post, I thought it would be well to advise the settings I found afterwards.
We were catching a plane and I quite like certain airlines. My favourite is Lufthansa followed by Alitalia. For about 9 months I flew Lufthansa every week to Cologne and I found them to be great. So, although this time we were not going to Germany, we were using Lufthansa and that meant a connection in Frankfurt.
Yesterday, as I was posting the post below and changing a few things (because WordPress does funny things to the post sometimes – I think it’s the font that causes the problem), I checked my visitors and found someone else reading my blog at the same time! This is quite freaky. Those of you who have blogs that actually have visitors all the time may not appreciate how exciting this can be. I mean, we’re on the site exactly at the same time!
Finally, as the temperature had reached a whopping 32 degrees C, the air conditioning has been switched on! Hurrah!
I thought it was about time that I looked at some of the blogs I like and add them to the list on the side. But, maybe, a little introduction for them would be good.
Caught this on the BBC news site. Wandering Scribe. It’s from a lady who has been living in a car for 8 months or so. She’s jobless, homeless, partner-less, etc. But not your average homeless person. Not living in doorways or parks or anything like that. Got to admire her. She deserves better, but I guess she’s not the only one. I’ve always thought “there, but for the grace of God, go I”. Continue reading