Something that I have started doing in the last year is writing poetry. I was struggling with a novel (my usual state) and decided to take a...

I just read that Gene Wilder passed away today. He was 83, older than I expected. For some reason I always supposed he wasn't much old...

My first instinct was to type, "How has it been two years since my last post?" But it feels at least that long. Life is short, but...

 When we arrived at the cottage this year, a lovely bouquet of wild flowers greeted us. Thanks S and S! As the light shifted swiftly in th...

I have so many years of photographs, I thought this year I'd just edit some of the video I took. Here you go - there's even seven se...

 When I was five years old, we were living in Kuwait. I was sent home to London after school ended for the summer as I didn't seem to ...

If you don't know the music of Tom Sturdevant, as sung by Annie Sellick and the Hot Club of Nashville, then here you go. You're welc...

Royal icing is so deceptively soft and voluptuous when first made. It always sort of surprises me that it hardens up in a very useful way. T...

This was a golden moment. The fabulous four were visiting Prince Edward County again, staying in the lakeside cottage that belongs to one of...

It’s rare to find anyone that you really enjoy travelling with. It's rarer to find three such people. I am lucky to know three peop...