May 29, 2019

I wish I was a curtain!

A counsellor once asked me, "when did you last do something for you?" I scraped around for an answer. All were rejected as being "for others". I talked at length…

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May 27, 2019

Where’re you from?

I recently made a posting on Facebook that reflected the changes in my physical appearance. Though no doubt I am still classed as being 'morbidly obese', I have & am…

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May 25, 2019

Making a total Hash of it!

One of the key ingredients to the full "English" breakfast used to be the obligatory bacon and eggs. Black Pudding is less popular these days where it seems an American…

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May 22, 2019

Happy accidents

Some time ago I had a request from my old buddy, Simon Cooper, asking advice on what to do with leftovers. I managed to get two posts from the request…

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May 21, 2019

A supper to remember

It is amazing when you consider how languages evolve. Take the word 'Gofio' - in Welsh Gof'io means to remember, whereas in The Canary Isles Gofio (Go'fo) is a locally…

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