My life and thoughts, from my table, desk or out in the world
“Nice to see you, to see you Nice!” Anyone of a certain age, who watched British TV in the 70s will recognise that particularly cringe worthy phrase from one of the original TV Game shows.. It basically pitted 2 generations of 1 family against 2 generations of other families… Camp, corny and hugely popular, it … Continue reading The Generation Game
My FB memories have been reminding me of the series of blogs I wrote this time last year which were recipes for the holiday season… What a difference a year makes? This blog has morphed into my musings about Life, and while I’m still cooking, feeding people and playing with recipes, my muse appears to … Continue reading Wrapping it up….
There’s a “thing” going around Twitter at the moment, as 2019 comes to an end, you’re meant to tweet what you have learned in the last decade.. I decided my learnings were too many to fit into 280 characters! So wrote this, in my head, on the beach.. Am hoping it transfers intact to paper.. … Continue reading It’s been a funny old decade…
I seem to have spent a lot of time in airports recently.. I really don’t travel as much as this blog suggests. But I think my muse likes to travel.. so am indulging her.. I love airports. I know some see them as a necessary evil of travel, but I find them mini communities or … Continue reading Another day, Another Airport…
After a fabulous long weekend away, I’m people watching and blogging from an airport – makes me almost feel like a real writer! Lol Its been one of those magic weekends, when I’ve mixed all of my loves - indulging in food, art, music, nights, lights, and laughter! And I'm returning home, absolutely knackered, but … Continue reading Departure Lounge Ponderings…
This week Facebook sent me a memory from last year. Quite timely, as we have started the process of getting the old house ready to sell, to downsize for the next part of our lives.. The son in question is on the final run to finish his degree and will leave home in January. The … Continue reading In The Blink of an Eye – for Patrick
When we are born, we are automatically welcomed into a tribe. And for most of us, that tribe will remain from first breath to our last. The people who raise us, who grow up with us and who we, in turn, raise. This tribe should be our most important, our bedrock, the one that helps … Continue reading Finding your tribe…
As usual, this was not the blog that I set out to write… but my muse does like to play fast and loose with me and take me places I wasn’t expecting to go.. One of the bonuses of being a cook, is gathering people together, placing the food before them and sitting back and … Continue reading “Would you like words with that?”
Over the Summer, I had a fabulous weekend away with 2 of my “R&R Ladies” (Retail and restaurant) in Christchurch. What started out as a 2-day weekend away to see a favourite comedian, morphed into 5 days, 2 shows, a cricket match and lunches and dinners with friends, with a wee bit of shopping thrown … Continue reading Chicken Soup for the Soul and my Andy Warhol moment…
A recent interaction with a new acquaintance has reminded me I really should be writing more.. My blog log jammed in recent months, because life has exploded in all its technicoloured adventures; and the blog I had already drafted had become too cumbersome, the thought of editing it was proving a stumbling block. So, I … Continue reading A Milestone and New Horizons…
Food for the soul - welcome to my world 