Boxing Day—& Why I Never Do The Big Sales

Da Big Bird!

Christmas Day here turned out to be a really nice day, brightly sunny but not too hot, and with a considerable reduction of earthshaking activity, ie from 46 and 45 respectively on the previous two days, down to 'only' 29 on the 25th. Needless to say, it was very nice to be able to focus on family and friends in a positive way and duly observe all the usual rituals of phone calls, visits, and presents, food and drink.

The cake: chocolate, almond & orange

Today is very much the...