Today is the Winter Solstice. It’s the shortest day of the year, so the days will start getting longer again. Many northern European cultures had big celebrations for the Solstice, either to celebrate the return of the sun or to encourage it to come back. We used to have a neighbour from Scandinavia (I forget…

Do you do holiday baking? Do you give baking to other people? If so, you must have holiday baking rules. We have just one: residents of the house have to eat the ugly ones. The misshapen cookies, the lopsided tarts, the pastry that got a bit too brown, the sad-looking sausage rolls – all of…

The Pam upgraded my blog – a whole bunch of really good chocolate is due to her for that! – and we now have an RSS feed. Merry Christmas to everyone who’s been asking for it!

I’m sure you know how it is – you head out to shop for other people, and find things for yourself. It’s inevitable. Here’s what I found for myself this week – a really interesting calendar. It’s a lunar calendar, instead of the usual solar one, and has lots of intriguing bits of astological etc.…

Lo and behold, while I was busy busy with the residency at the library, the dust bunnies renewed their assault. This would be the dark moment in my quest to vanquish them, because it looks as if they have triumphed. I’m off with the vacuum today with the Queen Bee determined to help. It may…