• Food

    Panettone

    Just before Christmas, J and I went to a fancy delicatessen and bought a Panettone.  It cost £19.  On Christmas morning we ate it and it was very nice. Today J and I…

  • Cats,  House

    First Snow

    Today was our first experience of snow here on the east coast – unlike areas a bit north of here we only had a few centimetres. Here was the house in the snow…

  • Food

    Real Food

    I watched a program about ultra-processed food (UPF) last night.  Whilst I do agree with the program that 60%+ of the average diet should not be made up of this crap, the statements…

  • Other

    This did Herod sore affray

    Epiphany Sunday today.  There was a rather sweet thing in church this morning – I have never seen (or noticed) this before, but the Wise Men were not in the crib at Christmas,…

  • House

    A melancholic task

    In “The Wind in the Willows” one entertaining scene is when early in the book, Mole and Ratty enjoy a picnic on the riverbank.  They discuss what fun it is to unpack the…

  • Games,  Other

    A blade from the past

    R, J and I played Dungeons and Dragons for many many years.  In fact for years when we were all in much more straitened circumstances than we are now, we used to have…

  • Other,  Travel

    Home again

    We stayed overnight at a local hotel and went back to my Mum’s for lunch. N had cooked fish pie which was very good but different to mine as I cook my fish…

  • Other,  Travel

    New Year

    A little retrospective on the last year.  2025 has on the whole been a very good year for me.  Most of 2024 was a bit of a write off as I spent a…

  • House,  Other

    Normal life resumes

    Well that is me got my blog back from the cats.  I am not sure I am letting them curate it again – they were frankly a bit rude about us.    They…