Always pack a hot water bottle…

..and other things that were worth knowing in 2022. Plus some important news

It is 3am and I can’t sleep. I am some 5000 miles from home, holed up in a little country hotel in Sonoma, just north of San Francisco. This was supposed to be a mini break of sorts. A gift to oneself.  Self care, you know? The plan was to cycle through vineyards, sip wine, visit Californian olive oil growers and then get fat on sharing plates made for …