There’s no way a visit to one of our local towns is going to pass without lunch at our favourite cafe and a visit to the fishmonger. Today I picked up a couple of fresh Mackerel. How fresh? I’m pretty sure these guys were pulled from the sea this very morning (with hook and line by the [...]
I wrote about my recent hospital experience back in March ( A Slice of Hospital Life ). This week brought the final follow-up appointment with the surgery team to check that all was well. Not to complicate matters, I opted not to change my hospital details following our move to Cornwall. So Monday’s final hospital [...]
I never realised it was so straightforward. Pasta, I mean. Specifically, making one’s own fresh pasta at home. Since discovering some labour-saving secrets, I have been going about it with gusto. Jen introduced me to pasta making a few months ago. Her creations were delicious but took an age, kneading the dough and letting it [...]
A Minor Technicality 29: Deliver us from the clutches of P & J Minor Technicality slips into your ears once more with a look at Twitter, how authors are being branded more than their books, the way to deal with email is to switch it off, sniffer dogs at the station, freecyclegems, and at last, [...]
