It's autumn now and the rain has come. The summer frocks are put away and it's time for warmer clothes. I'm a great fan of leggings. So versatile and easy to style. Not quite trousers, not quite tights but somewhere in between.
Teamed with a black satin blouse and some high heeled ankle boots, I love the way these shaper leggings help elongate my legs and make me seem taller and somewhat slimmer.
There's another reason for all-over black and that is because I am going through a very stressful and distressing time at the moment. I have promised to keep the contents of this blog as positive as I reasonably can, but you can't smile all the time.
I am going back to Britain for a few weeks to try to resolve some of these issues. It's not possible to deal just with bad stuff constantly so I have planned some shopping and weekend breaks. Apparently, in London the Regent Street and Carnaby Street lights were switched on last weekend. Christmas definitely gets earlier every year! But the lights, decorations, Christmas trees and festive markets can be very beautiful so I'm looking forward to seeing those. Maybe I'll avoid the lights in the now pedestrianised Oxford Street as I'm told they are curated by a certain Terf. Shopping is, of course, very likely. Other plans include Nottingham, Surrey and Wiltshire.
Now the equally fun part of choosing and packing my outfits begins. I'll need some winter outfits, including good boots, cute sweater, pretty scarf, gloves ... we TGirls really do show dedication to the task of dressing ourselves, don't we?
The food blog
So autumn in this area brings lovely mushrooms in the mountain woodlands and you can get a licence to pick them yourself within certain quotas. My favourite place to eat has been offering hand-made pasta pinched into the shape of butterflies with a gorgonzola cheese sauce containing mushrooms, either the classic porcini (i.e. ceps or penny buns) or ovoli, which are known as Caesar's mushroom in English because they were a favourite of the Emperor Claudius I.
I've never had ovoli before, mainly because they are easily confused with lethal varieties (which is how Claudius died, admittedly not accidentally), but I trust this place and I have to say that the dish was really delicate and exquisite. Such a pity the season's over. But good memories.
The Official Whacky Cactus Hilarity Award
(That's OWCHA! for short). Instituted earlier this year for thorny issues that crop up in unintended, misunderstood or unexpected ways.
And this week the award goes (yet again) to the Almighty Algorithm that last night suggested to me the David Walliams sketch "Carry On Up the Sexual Harassment Tribunal" on YouTube.
Hmm. I wonder how well that's aged?
Where are you going to put your award, David? I have a suggestion.
I did watch the ITN report on the allegations in full. And I felt that the number of images and clips of Walliams they selected to illustrate the report involved a disproportionately high number of his crossdressing roles. Again, the prevalent connection in the media's eye between crossdressing and sexual aggression. But that's the UK in 2026 for you.
Sue x
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