A Letter from Home

This is orange and chocolate shortbread from the Jamie Oliver "Take 5 Ingredients" cookbook. It looks pretty much like the pi...

The first lot, grown from seed a hundred years ago in the Spring, were eaten by slugs, but the second lot are making a brave attempt to flow...

It is our fortieth wedding anniversary this weekend. Who would have thought we would have stayed together for so long? Well, me, for one...

I remember reading about an Australian newsreader, who wore the same jacket for a year (I hope he got it dry-cleaned from time to time) and ...

The newly-formed school choir that I run in the last half-hour of the school day is unexpectedly popular. "What are you missing in...

Today I am wearing socks for the first time since Summer started. I did wear socks for a few days in Northern Ireland, but that is a ch...