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How the Archbishop of Canterbury is picked

So the Church of England is going to have a new Archbishop of Canterbury. Although I’m technically a Roman Catholic, Grace sits within the C of E and as a result I know lots of Anglicans. This came via several … Continue reading →

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Missing in action

Today I was supposed to talk about the quinoa burgers that I made last night. Except I didn’t make them, I came home, talked to my mother, sorted the rubbish, did some other boring housework and went to bed. What … Continue reading →

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The weekend

Saturday started bright and beautiful, for some reason the church at the end of the road had put up bunting. I set out for Watford with lunch with the family. I seem to spend all my time waiting for trains … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Old Crow Medicine Show Yes again. New record. This is from it.. All the while you been steppin’ out somebody been easin’ in every time you paint the town drunk on women and gin I’m trying to add the weekly … Continue reading →

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Saturday Goal Update 3

Week 3, this month has just flown by. I’m feeling much better about the goal setting (and achieving) this month, I think it’s because it’s September and even though autumn is coming and I’m not happy about it, I still … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail

I made this for my birthday party and Jonny said that he thought it smelled like ‘summer in a glass’, so that’s going to be it’s name.Like all good things, I can’t really take any credit for this. I copied … Continue reading →

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Things I have learnt this week

1) Old Crow Medicine Show new (to me, it actually came out in July) is really good, this makes me happy 2) I suck at Dynamic Yoga almost as much as I suck at Zumba 3) I still love Body … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Cherries

I made some maraschino cherries for the birthday edition of Friday Night Cocktail and they were so good, I’ve been meaning to write about them here for ages. They feature in this week’s Friday Night Cocktail, so now would be … Continue reading →

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Vegan Bean Beer Stew

This week’s vegetarian recipe comes from Back to Her Roots and is Vegan Beer Chilli, but I’ve slightly adjusted the recipe so for here I’m changing the name. At the beginning of September, Ma hired a car and we did … Continue reading →

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The weekend

Last week seemed like a hard week, I was so glad that the week was done with and ready to have a relaxing weekend. Dev came round on Friday with wine. Selected because it was on special offer and he … Continue reading →

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