Cold Snap

Today’s blog post is about the cold. This month has been freezing. Baltic. Icy. I mean electric blanket at night sort of freezing. Scarf and gloves and extra socks during the day freezing. I don’t care how silly I look in that bobbly tassel hat with Amsterdam knitted on it as long as it keeps …

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All those Brussel sprouts, left over after Christmas! What shall we do with them?

A small recipe message from me - a late Christmas gift, if you like - because some people hate Brussel sprouts and I have developed a few ways of using them that totally transforms them and makes them delicious. Of course, you can mash them with all the other veggie leftovers, season and use them …

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Of Books and Bars and Batface

So, what am I up to? I'm having so much fun. The weather is chilly, so I’m about to set off into the cold to research an Elena Collins novel. I’m going to start writing it from the middle of this month. It’s a venture into history, fiction, fact, speculation, lots of exploration and the …

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