My favourite things this week

Turmeric, and more specifically a golden “milk” recipe I’ve come up with for allergic to dairy me. About 90% of folks allergic to dairy can have butter, and thankfully that includes me, so in the mornings I’m whacking a mug of water, a teaspoon of turmeric, a little cinnamon, black pepper, salt, butter and coconut oil in a pan, boiling it up, and it makes a pretty decent, pretty bulletproof golden milk. Some days I’m adding ginger and cardamom, which adds a whole other layer of lovely, but the basic recipe is pretty good.

The floor, and more specifically sleeping on it. I’m not quite down to straight on the bare boards, but... my back has been less than great for a while now, and following a camping trip with Kittencat I’ve carried on sleeping on the only half way inflated camping mattress, so I get nearly all the rigidity of the floor, but not quite. Energy levels are improving, posture feels better, back less achy. For a long term option I’m looking at futons, but this works for now.

The Murder of Sherlock Holmes

The plan Kittencat and I have is to watch all of Murder She Wrote. Kittencat is 9, and I am seriously selling the character of Jessica Fletcher to her, partly because I love Murder She Wrote, and partly because Jessica Fletcher is one of the best archetypal role models for girls and women ever. If you aren’t sure why, we can discuss sometime. Seasons 1-3 arrived today, we’re buying them slowly for cheaps, because £75 in one go for the new box set saddens me, and we got the first three seasons for a tenner. So there you are. KC is 9, going on 19, and has a keen sense of style, and a wicked sense of humour, and I think Jessica Fletcher will be appreciated as the before her time feminist icon she is.