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Alan Doak's avatar

Brilliant column, as usual.

Two things:

1. I am a moron. There. I've said it.

2. Llamas are VERY dangerous. https://youtu.be/TenoyjilNjU?si=N_h57LTZgQ9_EQrQ

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Leah McFall's avatar

Hoho! Alan! Don't make me go changing my OPINIONS

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The Lighthousekeeper's Muse's avatar

Great cake!

I have a friend who was just on a writer's retreat in Tuscany. She spent the week in her 'room with a view' also with Covid. She also failed to find me a hot Italian man to bring home. All round a disappointing trip.

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Leah McFall's avatar

Agreed. Total waste! My theory is you can't win the Booker AND expect a sex life. It's one or the other!

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JudithRobyn's avatar

I dunno, I quite enjoyed watching that movie. There were some nice clothes to covet, Laura Dern is always worth watching, Liam takes his shirt off, and Morocco looked beautiful. But I am 80 after all so maybe I have lost a few brain cells.

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Leah McFall's avatar

I will probably find the scene where Liam takes his shirt off, and watch it a bunch of times

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Gary Wayne McCormick's avatar

What a combination ! Spitting Llamas, your lovely daughter and the severed horse's head. This is a very disturbed household.

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Leah McFall's avatar

Snicker!

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Deborah Coddington's avatar

When I lived in Martinborough the vicar, May Croft, a wonderful woman, had a bless the animals Sunday at St Andrew's Church and a wee girl brought along a handful of bees to be blessed.

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Leah McFall's avatar

That’s so heartwarming! What a lovely thing to do (to think of bringing the bees, and to bless them)

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Leah McFall's avatar

A mystery! Wrapped in an enigma! 🐑

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Marie Elliott Jones's avatar

That's an excellent cake. The unicorn head I once presented was not up to that muster.

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Leah McFall's avatar

My mum did the marshmallow work 👩‍🍳

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Elaine R. Frieman's avatar

“But trust me - she’s leaving that retreat with no novel, and bacterial vaginosis.

The daft cow!” 🤣🤣

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Wendy Varley's avatar

That cake from last year is a masterpiece, Leah! A delightful Monday morning (UK) read, thanks.

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Susan Elliot's avatar

So funny and yes Laura Dern is mad. From Blue Velvet and academy awards to "Neither dull enough to be painful nor fun enough to be engaging" can only be described (at best) as a misstep. I'm sure many found Dernsworth(a small town in Minnesota?) or Lauraliam (might sound too much like a sedative) entertaining or even fetching but...

Llamas mostly spit on other llamas unless they were raised by humans and then watch out - they are thankless creatures.

This is the time of year when friends in the US write about the great loss they feel because their children have moved into a college dorm - even if that dorm is an hour's drive away during rush hour. I'm sending them your column. Tho it might make them nostalgic about their kids Elvis-themed Bar/Bas Mitzvahs it's more likely to make them laugh out loud.

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Leah McFall's avatar

I didn't know that llama fact! I'm going to mention this at my next dinner party and intrigue all the guests!

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Susan Elliot's avatar

There also big poopers - not sure why anyone would bring a llama to church.

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Jacqueline Clarke's avatar

OMG, I watched that complete dross Lonely Planet last night. I urge you not to follow suit. Laura Dern was embarrassingly miscast and the whole thing was woeful. You'll never get that 136 minutes back.

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Leah McFall's avatar

This is valuable intelligence!!!

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McKinleyRd Creatives's avatar

loved this movie

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McKinleyRd Creatives's avatar

Loved this movie

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