by Nicola Manasseh | Mar 21, 2023 | Newsletter
Recently I spent an entire day and evening in my pyjamas on my bed and couch, and I wasn’t unwell. I listened to the radio, watched two films, read some, ate, stared out the window – that’s all. It was a Saturday so I told myself that I was doing my take on the...
by Nicola Manasseh | Feb 27, 2023 | Newsletter
February was a tough one. We all expected low temperatures and high costs, but added to our personal challenges, war in Ukraine wears on, Turkey had a mammoth earthquake, essential services have been on strike and if you haven’t had one of those mega bugs going around...
by Nicola Manasseh | Jan 25, 2023 | Newsletter
Is there an implicit consensus for when we should stop saying Happy New Year to each other? As I make the next edition of In The Square, which should be ready as our cherry trees blossom, I’m still wishing people a prosperous 2023 in my emails. I’ve wondered if my...
by Nicola Manasseh | Jan 11, 2023 | Newsletter
Domestic chores come around too fast. Sunday is my must-do day to put on a wash, hoover, wipe surfaces with the sprays stashed under the sink, and flit around my flat with a magnetic duster on a stick which I discovered during a lockdown when bricks and mortar...
by Nicola Manasseh | Dec 23, 2022 | Newsletter
The usual dilemma is what to buy people for Christmas. My problem is how to match the lovely potential gifts I find at December arts and craft fairs to them that are in my life. Some might say that I’m lucky my shopping list is so short – two Godchildren...
by Nicola Manasseh | Nov 1, 2022 | Newsletter
On the night that the clocks went back and I was thinking about how it would be dark before my teatime, I realised that I needed a new hobby. The jigsaw puzzles and bread making that had carried me through lockdowns – I was so over them. I knew I wanted...
