An apple is sometimes an excellent thing

I’ll be honest and say I have a love/hate relationship with apples. On one hand, nothing beats the crunch of … More

What to do on a wet holiday weekend

6 things to do on a wet holiday weekend.

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea, we would immediately agree not to talk about world affairs. … More

As I sit here in this gorgeous sunny Saturday afternoon, a pot of pina colada green tea beside me and … More

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea we would be drinking the pina colada green tea from … More

…I’d be drinking tea. Seriously, I’ve seen quite a few bloggers do this type of post, so I thought I’d … More

This week I read a really lovely piece in The New Yorker on food in literature, about the joy of … More

It’s been a cold and wet week, after Monday being such a gorgeous day. There has been flooding down south … More

Last weekend’s bad weather meant a lot of time spent indoors. This meant I got in a cooking and baking … More

Hogmanay, or New Year’s Eve, was a rather unpleasant day, weather wise – windy and wet – so a day … More