Yesterday I bought some great books to keep me stimulated during the cold lean nights that loom during January. It seems that charity shops these days only stock ‘chick lit’, Ian Rankin and copies of the Da Vinci Code,…
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An early Christmas present for me courtesy of Shirley Library… Appreciating the little things… Not a very informative post, I know, I am putting off wrapping up a big pile of presents. I still need to buy more as…
I think I maybe now have RSI in my mouse-wheel finger from all the christmas shopping I’ve been doing online. If I close my eyes I can still see ‘add to basket’ buttons, but at least I have managed…
You may have spotted yesterday that I had an overwheming urge to bake. One of those said items was shortbread, which turned out perfectly – light, buttery and crumby, but holds together beautifully well. All this and very simple…
It’s a nasty old day out there – rain, fog, cold and blergh. Such weather calls for overloading on carbs and filling the house with the goodly smells of baking bread, quiche and shortbread……
The morning: I had a lovely choc-chip muffin for breakfast today (brought from the coffee-shop at work along with a large capuccino + extra shot). I’m not sure if muffins are *supposed* to have a half-inch crunchy crust of…
We’ve just had the summer solstice, so it must be time for the Glastonbury Festival! It’s always been seen as ‘the big one’ to go to as far as music festivals are concerned and in 1990, when I was…
We’ve just had a rainy Bank Holiday here in the UK. As a nation we arrange our public holidays to coincide with seasonally bad weather, that way everyone has something to talk about when they’re back at work the…