I reckon I'm a pretty good cook. Not one of those people who can take a bunch of weird ingredients and create something amazing at the drop of a hat, but when I'm in the kitchen I generally keep the customers happy. I had a flatmate who liked my pizza so much, he thought I should open a restaurant. I thought it would be…
A few of my favourite things
"Mum," said Miss Missy, "I've never eaten a croissant. They look delicious, I'd like to try one." I was shocked because, 1: she never asks to try new food, and 2: I love sharing my favourite things with my kids, so how could it be that in all her 12 years of existence, I had never suggested she try a croissant?? Sharing my favourite is one of…
Reuse, Repurpose, Upcycle
After an absolute age of gentle - and not so gentle - persuasion, I finally convinced Miss Missy that her room needed a serious tidy-up. Usually my suggestions were met with everything from tears to wails of "you're ruining my life!" But suddenly, the other day, she agreed. No, I didn't discover some marvelous parenting technique that…
Happy Birthday Amiable Jane
It is a truth universally acknowledged... that readers of Jane Austen must be in want of more! I can still remember it so clearly - my first encounter with Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. I was in my pink-walled, sloping-ceilinged, shoe-box bedroom, staying up way past bedtime reading Pride and Prejudice for 7th Form English…
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