It’s difficult to tell exactly how you will react in a crisis unless you’ve been through one or a hundred.  As a family we’ve been through our share and it’s becoming fairly easy to predict that my sister will be transformed into someone emminently sensible, my mother will cope with her usual equanimity, quiet strength [...]

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No, I have not been doing what our lazy cat, Blue, is so good at.  Soaking up sunshine on a windowsill is her favourite pastime.  I have also not given up cooking or eating, au contraire, I seem to have increased both of my favourite pastimes.
I just don’t quite know how all that time passed [...]

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Hi All.
I hope you all had a peaceful Easter. Thank you for all the easter wishes, and to all who mailed to let me know there is a problem with my feed. What can I say, I’m better in the kitchen than with the computer. I am trying to sort it [...]

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This one’s for Marye, following her request for me to ‘post something yummy!’ And what could be more yummy than a chocolate profiterole. Okay, a whole pile of them! True! But only if you vote for me. Blackmail? I prefer to think of it as gentle persuasion.
First [...]

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