Why I won’t be reading The Chalet Girls Grow Up 19 Aug 2013 | 03:16 pm

When I was young, I was an ardent fan of the Elinor M. Brent-Dyer‘s Chalet School series of books. There are 62 books in the series, published between 1925 and 1969 if I remember rightly, and by the t...

Distraction 17 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm

As I’m in need of distraction (from my tendency to fret about things I can do little about), I thought I’d take the plunge and give this blog a fresh coat of paint. Please let me know if there’s anyth...

Liebster 2: Eleven questions answered and asked 5 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am

Here are my answers to the questions set by Literacywhore: Is making music purely for yourself and those you make it with and/or for, or should it be (at least a little) for the people that can hear ...

Liebster 1: Eleven facts 4 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm

Literacywhore, who writes a most excellent blog over at The Filthy Comma, nominated me for the Liebster blog award  ages ago, and (shamefully) I hadn’t read her blog for so long that I only realised t...

The mystery of Anna Charlier's piano music 30 Jul 2013 | 12:52 pm

Reblogged from Lilian's library life: I found one of Anna Charlier's music scores last year when I was cataloguing a whole collection of scores that had been donated by the music department. On Frida...

Cheese scones 22 Jul 2013 | 12:15 am

People at work asked me to make some cheese scones, so I did. I hadn’t made them before, but I think they turned out OK, although I’m not sure if they should have risen more than they did. The recipe ...

Sunlight and shadows 19 Jul 2013 | 02:20 pm

Turnip 18 Jul 2013 | 10:44 pm

A beautiful turnip I cooked some turnip last night, something I’d never done before. We had it with sausages and other veg. I found a few small potatoes growing in the recycling box, which we also at...

Strawberry cakes 14 Jul 2013 | 11:20 pm

The humble, healthy and delicious strawberry… What better way to eat it than in cake? Strawberry muffins and strawberry & chocolate friands Well, arguably, strawberries and cream is nicer, but I ha...

Bun loaf take 2 25 Jun 2013 | 09:31 pm

I burned the bun loaf I made at the weekend, and today I made another one that turned out a bit underdone. Underdone bun loaf Never mind, they are both edible.