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Walking the tightrope between Work and Writing

My latest article on Indies Unlimited just went live. This is a snippet from the beginning : ‘I have always admired people who can write, hold down a job, care for children, do marketing and wield a vacuum cleaner while apparently staying sane and cheerful. Sadly, I’m not one of them. I may be female, […]

Recipe – Very Low Carb Hazelnut Cake

My experiments yesterday were a success! The picture is of Hazelnut Cake Mark II, which is now ready for Christmas Eve. The cake contains neither sugar, nor flour, but I discovered I needed to dust the greased cake pan with a tiny bit of flour to stop the cake from sticking. I did try using […]

Update on Sandy Hook donations

If you read my post here, you’ll know I wanted to put my books up for free in the hope that people who downloaded them would send a small donation to the community of Sandy Hook. Unfortunately, none of that is going to happen any time soon. After posting that article I did some research […]

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Boring pictures from a lazy blogger

Apologies for being so slack lately. I have had an attack of domestic 20/20 vision…and what I saw was not pretty. I have people coming over for Christmas Eve dinner, and suddenly the dirty windows, clutter, dust, muddy paw prints, dust bunnies etc etc etc. sent me into a panic of cleaning. Sadly, the more […]

Newtown-Sandy Hook Anniversary

A post by Kenneth W. Cain reminded me that it’s been almost a year since the Sandy Hook massacre. At the time, I thought the face of that traumatised child would be etched in my memory forever. I promised not to forget. I did forget though, and I feel ashamed that the small distractions of […]

Bushfire danger – burning off on high wind days

Despite countless examples of bushfires triggered by controlled burns gone wrong – set by professionals, mind you – some dick donkey is burning off today. I can see the smoke rising up through the trees across the valley from my house. It’s not hot, yet, but there’s a strong north-easterly blowing, and wind is the […]

Nelson Mandela, 1918 – 2013.

We knew it was coming, and I suspect Mandela himself would have preferred not to be kept alive for so long through the miracle of modern medicine, but now that he is truly gone, I cherish every day he spent on this earth. Nelson Mandela was the symbol of hope, not just for his own […]

Jacquie Lawson’s Edwardian Advent Calendar – 11/10

When I was a kid, you could buy Advent Calendars that counted down each day of December until you reached Christmas. The delightful part, however, was that behind each ‘day’ on the calendar was a small chocolate. I can’t remember the taste of the chocolate, but I can remember the sense of anticipation that went […]

K.T. Flory – fledgling animator extraordinaire!

That little animation was one of The Daughter’s early ones, but as she has posted it on youtube I feel justified in sharing it with you. Can you tell that we have the same, slightly macabre sense of humour? I think The Daughter is immensely talented, and of course, being a very proud Mama, I’m […]