Gosh. Skimming the media comes up with news about the pandemic – both good and bad – and the occasional story to lift our spirits. It’s so strange, isn’t it? Content note: Discussion of mental health From what I…
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When Life Is Not Peachy
Well hello! I know it must seem like I have been awfully quiet, but behind the scenes I have accidentally been writing a book. I am 2 weeks into it and somehow magically 25,000 words have popped up ……
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Don’t & Delight: Yeast Privilege and Slow Cookers
Welcome to today’s episode of Don’t & Delight! I hope you are managing okay during these strange days. Don’t – Take Your Yeast Privilege For Granted I love baking. I always have. The older I get, the more skills…
Hello! I did not check in yesterday because I had to finish off my work for uni. But I am here today with something less long-winded than last week’s posts … and also something more chatty. So let’s do…
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Can making stuff amidst the mayhem REALLY improve our mental health?
Yes, my friends. Yes it really can. Let’s talk about why and give you some places to start (or to continue on, if you are already a crafty sort.) What can craft do for us (apart from eventually working…
If you are a Killing Eve fan you are probably already pretty besotted with Villanelle, the Jodie Comer character. But perhaps you, like 2019 me, did not realise that a villanelle is also a TYPE OF POEM? Feeling utterly…
Hello! This afternoon I though I’d share a dinner recipe which takes a bunch of simple ingredients and transforms them into something nourishing. This is my favourite soup at the moment. It’s hearty but simple with the potatoes and…
Guess what? I lost my job of 3.5 years yesterday. Pretty crap. I loved my job and I love my ex-co-workers. I worked so so so hard, so I am pretty sad about this turn of events. Times like…
Hello peaches. Clearly we are living in unprecedented times, times when we all need to come together and share our swirling thoughts … because knowing you are not the only one feeling this way is a real salve. I…
Let me start with a little bit of backstory. You may or may not know that I am a high school drop-out. Despite being a good student, various circumstances and sensitivities conspired to have me keen to get the…
Well hello! Three years ago a number of very difficult years in my life culminated in it all turning completely upside down. Beloved people and pets died. A very long and very hard relationship ended. Health dramas happened, one after…
For me, noticing the good things – however tiny – has been a sort of hook into the world when I had been feeling like I was drifting. Believe it or not, the very good Bahn Mi shop or…
Guess what? My new book is done! I can’t quite believe it, but my work on it is totally finished as off about 15 minutes ago. It’s got a few more tiny tweaks to be done (by brilliant Murdoch Books…
