My recipe blog is in response to my daughter's dairy, egg and nut allergies. As there is gluten intolerance in my extended family, I've made the recipes gluten-free as well.
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I have a mental photo album. Not one that shows me car surfing, doing a naked bungee or base jumping; no, not that kind of ‘mental!’ It’s one that exists in my head for me to delve into from time to time, so that I can mull over my...
I hate the way that death drops into your life. I imagine it's rather like a HALO jump. It silently speeds towards you from a great height, bearing down on you as you go about your business.
Long before it became a buzz word, my family sometimes, ‘staycationed’. Only we didn’t call it that. 30 (ish) years ago my parents called it, ‘Bugger, business isn’t doing well, can’t have much time off. Don’t think we’ll go to France...
In a minute I’m going to say two words to you. I want you to listen carefully and then close your eyes. I then want you to let all thoughts that are triggered by the two words, swirl around your head. Do not try to control the thoughts, just sit back...
Are you familiar with John H Schumann’s Theory of Acculturation? No? Well let me enlighten you.
He argued (circa 1978) that there are 4 stages of Cultural Shock when you move to a different country. I’ll simplify;
The Euphoric Stage
This is the...
I was wandering around cyberspace recently, in a bit of a dreamy daze, when I read a sentence that bought me up short. And then I had to sort of wander away nonchalantly, whistling and pretending...
It said something like,
'Do you remember the days...
When it came to buying my wedding dress, I approached it like any other purchase. ‘Important to shop around’, I thought. So I did. In the first shop I tried on a couple, and then with my loyal friend Sandra in tow, we trailed all over town with me...
