Category Archives: Life

Braaaain… I Need my Braaaaain!

A while back I read a book by Nicholas Carr called The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains (find it here http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/) . It was a fascinating and frankly frightening read. I talked about it at the time … Continue reading

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A Holiday is as Good as a Change

See what I did there? . It’s been a while since I blogged because everything’s been getting me down, to be honest. I’ve felt like I was being slowly buried beneath the workload that is the lot of the working … Continue reading

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I Did Some Cool Stuff

Oh it probably doesn’t look like much to anyone else, but for this girl–who in 2007 when she was first published was aking questions like ‘what’s a blog?’ and ‘How does one get one of those address thingies that have … Continue reading

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June Round Up

I haven’t blogged very regularly this month, so I thought I’d do a quick round up of what I have been doing with myself. I’ve been playing domestic goddess. Two birthday cakes in a week (one for Princess’s actual birthday … Continue reading

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Bestest Recipe EVA!!!!!

My first meat and veg soup of the season, mmmm. Want the recipe? Here goes: Take some garlic and smash it with a meat mallet because you’ve temporarily misplaced the garlic crusher Dice some onion, realising only then that it’s … Continue reading

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Where For Art Thou, Writing Habit?

I’ve forgotten how to write. I mean I know how to put one word next to another and then another until I have a sentence. See? I just did it. But I am well and truly out of the habit … Continue reading

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