Blograstination

Yeah, yeah, I know....I was doing so well, writing nearly every day...and then it all went wobbly. But let's face it, there's a heck of a lot of life out there to live. Firstly, I took a break for 2 and a half weeks with the Strawberry Blonde- we went to France, in the car- so we could stock up on wine. Started in St Malo where I underwent the first stage of tooth implantation (yeah, what a holiday!) for a molar that was removed a while back. My French dentist looks EXACTLY like Tin Tin, which was strtangely reassuring. Why go all the way to St Malo for a tooth implant, I hear you ask? Price, my darlings. One fake tooth in London costs 3,000 pounds. The same in St. Malo? 2,000 Euros. Basically half price. Plus the excuse to visit a charming coastal town full of Michelin starred restaurants, expansive sandy beaches and the finest oysters anywhere in the world. We continued to La Rochelle, St. Emillion, Moissac, Toulouse, and finally to our hidden mountain lodge in the Pyrenees. I got all Ray Mears and did my best to collect as much wild food as possible- berries, rosehips, mushrooms, apples, sage, thyme, walnuts....and make some semblance of a dinner with my ingedients sauvage. Bon appetit!

Returning to London, my relaxed state was smashed and battered more or less immediately by a series of wranglings with my Duckie other half. Pleasurable bits of the past few weeks have included a sushi lunch date with Naomi Alderman (author of Disobedience- written about previously), several visits to the Soho Theatre for press/marketing/production planning for my London run (for details LOOK HERE: www.mamacassfamilysingers.com), an overnight trip to Hastings to visit my director Chrissy, champagne infused housewarming for friends Laura & Sylvie, burgeoning friendship drinks with a close relative of a major international pop star, preparing lunch for a church group, and meeting up with my new webmaster superstar, Sonny, who is going to redesign my websites and organise my digital life.

North Korea has tested nuclear weapons overnight. Listening to the Today programme at the moment- an American security council rep is calling it "nuu-cuuu-lar". What hope do we have, with America nuked up to the eyeballs, if they can't even pronounce the word right? Then again, have you ever tasted Korean food? SPIIIIIICCCCYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't trust those guys, either. If their weapons are as powerful as their Kimchee we're ALL in trouble.