Monthly Archives: January 2023

The Kitchen and Plans for the flat

Posted on January 31, 2023 by nicdempsey

I’ve lived in my little flat for 13 years. When I was originally looking for a flat, the estate agent asked me to list the three most important things to me and I said a kitchen, unfurnished, I could put … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Living with Mother

Posted on January 30, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! As you may have guessed from the title, I’m now at Ma’s for the next two to three weeks, if it goes into four, I may have to check into a hotel to preserve our relationship and our … Continue reading →

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Eat Real Food

Posted on January 26, 2023 by nicdempsey

I hope I’ve been honest about how I cook and eat food because it’s important. What we eat is important for our health but it’s not only that. We live in a world that is experiencing climate crisis. Where not … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Scritti Politti – Umm

Posted on January 22, 2023 by nicdempsey

It just popped into my head this week so here it is…

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Friday Links: If you think everything is fine, you’re not paying attention

Posted on January 20, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I don’t know about everyone else but it feels like 1992 (I’ve been saying that for a while), back then, things felt awful but I’d not really known anything else, Thatcher came to power when I was five, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Soggy and Bedraggled

Posted on January 18, 2023 by nicdempsey

Despite the rainy weather, all the packing and moving and, the excessive socialising I did at the weekend. Ma and I did get a very short trip to the plot last Saturday. It was wet and looking bedraggled. It’s in … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Tired Already

Posted on January 16, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s Blue Monday today, the point at which the New Year stops being full of optimism and starts to feel like a grind! It’s fair to say that I’ve been feeling like that for at least a week! … Continue reading →

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Recommended: Soda Folk

Posted on January 14, 2023 by nicdempsey

My love of root beer comes from 1980’s McDonalds trips, you might think it tastes of the dentist, but I love it. Unfortunately for me, it’s a love not many of my countrymen share and so it’s not a popular … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Enough Already

Posted on January 13, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’m tired of everything at the moment! Here are this week’s links Ministers could help the patients dying in NHS hospital corridors right now – they just choose not to Rishi Sunak v Keir Starmer: battle of the … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail: Quick and Dirty Gin and Aperol

Posted on January 12, 2023 by nicdempsey

So it’s not Friday but I thought that Thursday might be a good day to post about a cocktail so if you’re not doing Dry January, you could gather the ingredients for this for Friday! January for me is about … Continue reading →

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