April. That went in a flash. Not much writing. (Plenty of moving boxes around – even unpacking a few.) I’m still reading though. Still musing. One of the things that seems to be coming up on a number of blogs – and staying with me – is to do with being intentional, having goals, knowing …
Author archives: alison
Half-baked
I’m trying to write, really I am. But ideas just now are not ready to eat yet – they’re only half-baked. When I do my regular school pick-up walk, it doubles as free-to-think time. (It also doubles as yes-I-do-take-some-exercise-actually time, and my own individual version of Springwatch at the moment, just so’s you know.) There …
Stocking – or hoarding?
I seem to have bounced back from my kitchen blues – and now the freezer is filling up again. The cupboards are restocked, and the tops of the cupboards are restocked…you get the picture. I like buying food (mostly). Today, the supermarket I like the best decided to have a major increase in its world …
Look back at anger
I was pretty angry on Friday night. Not only did I have to send myself to my room for a bit, it got in the way of writing too. I calmed down a bit later – a bit of after hours kitchen therapy can help sometimes. (Pulling apart a cooked chicken is also quite effective …
Kitchen confidential
Don’t tell the freezer (or the new-ish cooker), but I seem to have gone off cooking. Again. Call it the changing light, and the possibility of less wintry food. But, more realistically, call it being on kitchen duty for the forseeable future. Overall, I like food. More accurately, I love food. I love thinking about …