Part One Over Here! Soon after getting home, we discovered that my parents weren’t best pleased when that surprise turned out to be a puppy. “What the bloody hell have you got a dog for?!” Said my dad “What are you going to do with him while you’re at work?” Said my mum Both …

 “I’d like to get a therapy dog,” I said, “I miss dogs. I don’t feel right without them.” I’d gone from being surrounded by dogs on all angles - working with them every day, and then coming home to our Barney every evening. All that had gone - Barney had gone to the Rainbow Bridge …

6 Things Dating A Barista Has Taught Me.

I don’t know anything about coffee. I know how to boil a kettle, and how to pour water into a cup, but I don't know anything about dialling in, roasting, cupping, Aeropress, V60s, Chemex, tasting notes or any of the technical jargon. In fact, I actually had to google “coffee language” to be able to …