frances smith

Currently obsessed with Dodie’s version of Old Devil Moon. Such a pretty interpretation. It’s on the new Chet Baker Reimagined album. Might have to give it a listen.

@ArtyVapes Jazz jams etc are about, and I have plenty of opportunity for ad-lib, but a guitar-hero-esque play along would be good fun to (non jazz) modern music

Karaoke, but for instruments. Is that a thing? I’d be well up for that.

@Fizziebeth It’s all dark lanes round here so I really hate them! I have a heated windscreen which has a pattern in the glass, making it even worse 😣

Are car headlights getting brighter, or am I just getting old?

Just finished season 2 of new Frasier. I was apprehensive to start with, but it’s grown on me. Feelgood season finale delivered.

I did an online checker for my water bill to see if I’d save money going onto a meter. It said I’d save £700 a year (my water + sewage is current £1220 pa for 2 people!) 😱 glad I checked!!

What is this absolute nonsense?

I’d like a DAB radio station with all day quiz questions, that would be good on long drives.

I found out that a good friend from uni, who went completely off the radar after graduation, died a few years back. I’d searched around for her many times, but all I can find now is her death notice in the Telegraph.

Occasionally, I will think of an old friend from school or university, wonder what happened to them and have a google. It amazes me how some people manage to have zero online presence.

Amusing wordle today: Wordle 1,192 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@essexglover Urgh you’ve got me thinking about them again. They moved unbelievably fast over the poor slug. That was the gross bit.

@Artytypes Slug mites? I’m not going to Google that.

I found a slug in the kitchen last night and it had slug mites on it and now I’m traumatised.

#thearchers is hotting up at the moment. I’m looking forward to seeing the fallout from George’s arrest.

Saw these in the supermarket. Didn’t buy.

@BBCPodcasts the latest bbc inside health podcast doesn’t match the show notes.

I must have been targeted this backwards skirt ad like 100 times. It makes me laugh every time 😂

I bloody love David Lammy, have done for years. He just makes sense, and I hope he becomes leader one day.

@essexglover I feel sorry for the Basildon seats, Labour lost both by literally a handful of votes

@Artytypes ….As long as Reform doesn’t get more popular…and Labour can stop that by fixing things!

Bloody hell Southend’s turned red! As has the Forest of Dean. As much as I DESPISE Reform UK, they have split the vote.