Happiness is… baking
I edit magazines for two cancer charities. They’re great causes and interesting to write for, but there are times when it’s hard to be upbeat about a disease that one […]
Tag Archives: cake
Plums
So last night I ventured out for plums, armed with stepladders to reach them down with (I’m only short) and two children, so I wouldn’t look strange. Somehow, doing odd […]
Creativity versus making
I go through phases of moaning about uncreative I am. ‘I don’t feel inspired to write anything,’ I’ll mope, as if moping will change anything. I’ve decided to stop thinking […]
Cake for Japan
In case you were wondering, it hasn’t passed me by in any way, that a couple of weeks ago I was in Japan. A couple of weeks before the earthquake, […]
A Woman in Damascus 3
Less of the cross-cultural feminist musings… let’s talk about cake. Well more correctly, sweet things. FF used to have a slogan on her facebook page declaring that she would ‘never […]
Shhhh… it’s a library
Meanwhile, back in my less ranty world, I’ve been out and about. Continuing my quest for good coffee, I paid a visit to Bea’s of Bloomsbury, and couldn’t resist having […]
Pre-road trip euphoria
In two days time I will be driving along the south coast with CC in a VW campervan on a glorious autumn road trip. I am unutterably excited! I’ve been […]
Decisions, decisions
‘My first ever post was entitled Reasons I Love My Life, and although everything I’ve written here isn’t always numbered, everything I’ve written here is a reason why I love […]
Thirty (part 3)
Having eeked out all the possible outrageousness of my late twenties, I decided to glide calmly into thirty-dom. It began with a lovely breakfast at Perfect Blend (I swear I […]
41: sweet treats
There seems to be a cake and pudding related theme running in these last few posts. I’m going to start categorising all these places I eat and drink at, I […]
