winds in a black sky

It's only cold in this house during very cold weather for which the capacity of the 60-year-old radiators is inadequate. The rest of the time, it's a comfortable temperature, but to keep it that way (even though the radiators in the rooms I don't use are off) my gas bills are horrific. That may be because the insulation is poor, that my 15-year-old boiler is inefficient, or both.

It's now 20 hours since I ate the leftover chicken, so I've probably got away with it. Food poisoning normally manifests within 12 hours.

I hope that the dentist will treat it as an emergency, big job that it will be, because it's embarrassingly unsightly. I at least don't have to travel all the way to Plymouth.

My only hope is that up North, Autumn will have begun earlier, and that there'll be some colour, whether damp or not.

Nothing to stop you wearing a mask or balaclava.

Changing the subject, I have just watched this excellent video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty8w9cPpYJU

Masks tend to be a bit awkward at mealtimes.

Grilling is the best way to cook chicken. It cooks more evenly than frying and allows the outer surface to go crisp. Whole chickens have to be boiled or oven-baked. Spicy, oriental chicken has to de-skinned and boned, then cut into pieces and then boiled in a special way, but that's something else.

I'll take your word for it. How are the omelettes coming on?