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A Not Too Spooky Bake

Sunday was Halloween, so of course I did a quick bit of not at all spooky baking—first for a while. A pear, blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry crumble (to a Slimming world recipe) and an amalgamation of two recipes to create a coffee walnut fudge cake (fudge icing as sandwich, coffee Continue reading …

Spring Arriving

A couple of years ago, we had some daffodils in the house, complete bulbs that is, which grew and were lovely. We put the bulbs away in some soil in the hope they would return. They did nothing last year though, and we thought they were doing nothing this year—to Continue reading …

I’m beginning to think the idea of responsibility has become very disconnected from the concept of consequences in this country…

Absolutely terrifying crash in the F1 race this afternoon, from which Grosjean somehow walked away. For anyone doubting the value of motor-racing, that’s the sort of safety advancement might one day save your life on the motorway.

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The incomparable, and appropriately named, Amazing Randi died last week. He was the finest of sceptics, and a knight of truth. I feel his anger towards those who would lie and take advantage. Here is his marvellous TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Z7KeNCi7g Here he is in an interview basically doing Uri Geller’s Continue reading …

Rainbow Support

Got bored the other day so made these in support of those brilliant people keeping the country running and saving lives: (Unlike other things on this site, these are released under Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication) A4 PDF Versions: Heart Key Workers NHS