Mairi FraserSep 153 min2020 - All change...The eighties. Rock legends Genesis deftly summed up the decade as a ‘Land of confusion’. Metaphorically, I was living the soundtrack. Whi...
Mairi FraserSep 73 minMissing you alreadyDuring lockdown, we started watching breakfast television, otherwise known as the one o’clock news. The first cup of the day was guzzled ...
Mairi FraserAug 313 minDining out on the landscape – Mairi’s new normal post lockdown lifeBefore March, having people over for dinner was un-fettered pleasure. Celebration, a union of like-minded friends chewing the fat and glu...
Mairi FraserAug 293 minDressing-up the issue – Lockdown life, cautiously normal. Mairi FraserA burning odour permeated the air. Not something that set off the smoke alarms, but an alien invasion all the same and one that prompted ...
Mairi FraserAug 144 minBeing alert to changeThere was much derision about Westminster’s “Stay alert” message. Rolled-out in late May, it was hot on the heels of being told to ‘stay ...
Mairi FraserAug 73 minMasking the issue - post lockdown life 2020, the new normal How many layers does yours have? Does it boast expansion concertina pleats or lie flush to your contours? Are the straps the full-monty, ...
Mairi FraserAug 33 minOh, we do like to be beside the seaside – post lockdown life 2020, the new normalOne of the hardest parts of lockdown life was the restriction on spending time with family and friends in the great outdoors. We were al...
Mairi FraserJul 274 minHome or away? - post lockdown life 2020, finding the new normal For most parents, summer holidays are usually given initial thought around February half term. After the excitement of Christmas - lying ...
Mairi FraserJul 203 minConfusion rules - Normally new, post-lockdown life 2020I can’t remember who said that if you thought going into lockdown was difficult then try getting out of it. Whoever it was, they were spo...
Mairi FraserJul 113 minSlowly does it – Normally new, post-lockdown life 2020We all know that the bribing and corruption of the youth of today is totally wrong, don’t we? I mean, offering financial incentives to ac...
Mairi FraserJul 23 minWeather or not – Normally new, post-lockdown life 2020With a glorious inevitability, the moment the metaphorical bell rang, marking the end of school’s strange electronic summer term, the hea...
Mairi FraserJun 283 minA cut above the rest - Lockdown log 2020Not since evil Rob Titchener was drummed out of Ambridge has there been such collective and vocal interaction with the radio. “Yes, yes, ...
Mairi FraserJun 243 minChange is in the air - Lockdown life 2020Do you think we’re reaching a fork in the road? Decision time, recalibration. Perhaps not a Lord of the Rings-sized scene shift, more, li...
Mairi FraserJun 193 minInvisible matters – Lockdown life 2020Remember those early days; confined to barracks but full of vim and vigour for tackling the jobs you’ve “been meaning to do for years?” Y...
Mairi FraserJun 153 minCooking up a storm – Lockdown life 2020“I appear to be running an ‘all-inclusive resort,” remarked my witty cousin, ground-down by relentless demands of constant home-feeding. ...
Mairi FraserJun 113 minSome things never change – Lockdown life 2020A palpable sense of excitement ensued when I realised a visit to the car dealership was required. Not an emergency, you understand, just ...
Mairi FraserJun 93 minTea's never tasted so sweet - Lockdown life 2020Observant readers will already have clocked my love of that great British institution, the cup of tea. Such was the dedication to my art ...
Mairi FraserJun 32 minQuestions, questions – Lockdown life 2020“Are you leading or am I?” asked the Killing Eve finale. Having watched it, we were none the wiser. Don’t be offended BBC, we love you an...
Mairi FraserMay 292 minOut of the starting blocks – Lockdown life 2020Racehorses; designed for speed, agility and their innate desire to pip colleagues at the post. Correct? Not always the case. The aptly na...
Mairi FraserMay 263 minWorking from home – or not, as the case may be – Lockdown Life 2020In just a couple of months, a plethora of new expressions have entered the nation’s lexicon. ‘Social distancing,’ ‘the new normal,’ ‘key w...
