It continues

New annoyances: thousand-pound council tax bill for a place I no longer live, necessitating lots of repeat phone calls to people who are terribly nice but say everything's fixed when it turns out later that it isn't; I can't find my copy of Bishop's English Caroline Minuscule (once owned by Clemoes); I still have a horrible sore throat and the only pastilles which help are foul; and frankly being involved in the castration of sweet little alpacas is revolting. Darcy the alpaca is very annoyed with us, and is taking it out on Glenfiddich, who is a bit more phlegmatic about the whole thing.

Continuing my catch-up with the internet of a fortnight ago, here is an excellent Sophie Ellis Bextor song which was new that recently:


And this excellent drawing blog has a guide to making perfect sauerkraut. Don't forget to put the wine in its place.