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  I bought this ceramic cheese board today. It cost 8£ from Sainsbury’s  It’s cool to the touch and you can feel the leaves when you run your fingers over it. I was so pleased by it. I love being pleased by simple things The joy of a gift given, a sweet view of the sea on the way to work last night  And the cold touch sweetness of a cheeseboard  Bought as a self gift  No one else would buy you  Hey ho from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3z0Xn5r

 I never made the bloody concert It was a case of best made plans. It was Sod’s law for me to have volunteered for what turned out to be one of my busiest shifts this year during which I felt my old nemesis of a urine infection hitting home.  I drank buckets of bland fluids but that was a difficult balancing act given the workload . Subsequently I was exhausted and feeling rather under par when I got home. I slept heavily until 3 pm . In one way I was glad to have gone in for the extra shift.  For one of my “ favourite” patients was approaching the end of his life. Clinically I know I am an unflappable nurse. This comes from my psychiatric roots where I was always taught that good nursing was 50% Confidence , 45% Knowledge and 5% bullshit  The secret of reducing anxiety in patients and their family is to take control and have a plan. I took control and had a plan  I felt vindicated in doing the shift when my patient’s mother whispered into his ear...

The amazing "Bosh!" story continues. Our son Ian and his old schoolmate Henry have been working hard on their sixth book and it is now available for pre-order pending its release in early December I believe. Some critics of plant-based diets put about the myth that being vegan is expensive. In this book Ian and Henry wished to dispel that daft rumour and prove that preparing good vegan food can be inexpensive. In fact, when you take the meat or fish element out of food you save yourself many pounds or dollars (Malaysia: ringgits). Three weeks ago I was checking the final publishers' manuscript for errors and discovered something that made me grin from ear to ear. Ian had not told me in advance about this but in the desserts section of the book there's a recipe for "Neil's Tiger Bars"! In other words they are named after me with a nod to my lifelong support for Hull City A.F.C. - The Tigers! Though I have not yet eaten one of these bars I am confident...