Christmas Fayre
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The English Christmas goodies have started to arrive, I shall have to hide
them, from myself.
Years ago, it was almost impossible to find English Christm...
Food Out
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The food at *The Crown ( Our village Pub) *is bloody lovely. I finished
nights, getting home around 9 am, slept three hours then met my friend *Ruth
*f...
TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH TRULICITY
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*As most of you are aware, I've been doing bi-weekly injections of
Trulicity. It's a diabetes/appetite suppressant drug.*
*This is the second 'round'...
Christmas song #4
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Sunday morning in a small, rainy and very quiet university town in
Scotland.
A flashing blue and white penguin stands on guard outside the ice-cream
sh...
Aldi Shmaldi
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A new big Aldi store has just opened in Hove. It replaces a dreadful DIY
store; Homebase.
It just happens to be *en route *to my usual shopping destinat...
Guest from Singapore
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I need the wisdom of the crowd. What do you think? There is someone in
Singapore who has been reading my blog for hours and hours, from the first
posts ...
White
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Despite us still having Spring weather when it's meant to be early Summer
here, we seem to be experiencing a regular supply of tourists. This bus was
...
At Long Last, December 4, 2025
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Realizing I've been absent from blogging for months now, I thought I
should show proof of life. This morning, here in Ontario, I am sitting with
my Sant...
Learning
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I promised a post on my EPP project
I watched a video on how to create the individual pieces to be sown
together
BUT
I didn’t go back to see how ...
Week Plus
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Golly where does the time go? Last Tuesday vanished somehow after
receiving a call from my my late father's younger brother. Uncle N and
Aunty B live i...
Winter is coming!......
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I suppose otters don't feel the cold so much. However, being totally
adorable takes you a long way....
I was sick the Monday before Thanksgiving wi...
Too much excitement
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Our days are usually very quiet and, frankly rather dull. But I don't mind
at all, really. Some days require me to venture outside--to the doctor's
offi...
Books 20-24
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Past Transgressions by Dave Sinclair
Retired spy. Trained killing machine. Pacifist.
Retired MI6 spy Mason Nash moved to a sleepy English town so he cou...
Quince, Life, and Puppy Dog Tales
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The season of mellow mists inevitably means that I suddenly have a deep
desire to store food in the form of jams, pickles and syrups. It also
means that...
Friday prayers
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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Evelyn Mete Kingi was born Evelyn Owen in Moerewa and has been described as
a woman of resilience and character.
She was born in 1922 and joined the thir...
Farewell My Friends
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After blogging for nearly six years, I have decided to retire. Blogging
filled an empty spot in my life after losing my husband, but that has
changed...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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*Do you want a break from politics and British summer weather? Read on...*
“Another mural? Are you pulling my leg?”
Colin was back last month to decor...
Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
absent ...
Professing !
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Actual professing.
There are times when every learned person has the duty of stepping up to
the line and of explaining the intricacies of life from the...
Internal Garden Monologue
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If you had told me 5 years ago, I would be sitting in a house, at a table
over looking a front garden in Scotland, I would have laughed my socks
off. I...
A Note of Sadness
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
is that I feel as though I almost know the women who wrote them. I can see
how th...
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ReplyDeleteIt is the perfect combo. Kali oraxie
ReplyDeleteThat's what he says !
DeleteI was watching a Rick Stein programme where they boiled Octopus for just 3 minutes. He said it was very tender. I always thought it took hours!
ReplyDeleteNo way it would be tender after 3 minutes!!
DeleteIt was on his programme about Palermo. One of the Weekend Breaks series.
DeleteI will look for it on youtube. Maybe it was boiled first for an hour or so and just presented as 3 minutes. It would have been very chewy I'm sure
DeleteI haven't had ouzo in years, it was nice.
ReplyDeleteBetter if you drink it on a Greek island!!
DeleteSeems perfect to me.
ReplyDeleteHe sure thinks it's perfect
DeleteLooks like a happy man there
ReplyDeleteVery happy. As Angela said, it's the perfect combo...for him
DeleteHe's a sucker for octopus then?
ReplyDeleteGood one JC 😅😅
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DeleteHe looks happy :)
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