Why am I here (1)?

One thing that kept me away from Father of the Man recently was a bit of an existential credit crunch. Thing is, I got to thinking "This is supposed to be about being a bloke, and particularly about my efforts to have a stronger relationship with my Dad. It's not really going that way though. I'll pack it in."

(Subtext: I'm not really doing anything about my relationship with my father. By now, people might be noticing. Perhaps I'd better just shut up before it gets really embarrassing.)

But I guess there are plenty of things we could talk about besides me and my Dad. Oddly interesting things on Radio 4, things that occur and strike me as being worthy of note. Cool stuff. In fact, we've been doing that anyway - maybe I could just accept it and enjoy it! And perhaps Dad and / or Certain Guy Issues might crop up along the way. Or not.

So today I'd like to trumpet Katherine's extraordinary homemade muesli, which includes brazils, pumpkin seeds, almonds and sunflower seeds. Nutrition a-gogo, and definitely cool stuff. Except we're currently enjoying it with a wintery, Scottish twist, and making it an ingredient of porridge. No salt, no sugar, just oats and muesli, garnished with honey or raspberry jam. Delicious-nutritious.

It's not stopping me shovelling in the biscuits, but at least now I feel I'm not leaving out essential minerals and vitamins.