Month: December 2016

Most of us have had cook books given to us, and one I love was presented to me back when I was a penniless and new  to England, trying to grasp the fact that I would never understand English English, and coping with its wonderfully weird horizon-opening customs.  At this time a friend we’d met in… Continue reading Don’t start your diet yet

….is a very lonely time for some people. I had to have this explained to me because Christmas Eve to me is the longest, busiest day in the calendar year.  But, I was told, in the world  there are those who are so organised that they have nothing left to do, and those who have… Continue reading Christmas Eve…..