Once upon a time, my granny gave me a cookbook. It was my first cookbook. It came with the provocative, and encouraging, title: Cooking is a game you can eat. I was hooked. Before the days of needing colour illustrations for every dish, before the days of food porn, and elaborate food photography, there was …
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I don’t remember how old I was when I read Harriet the Spy. It’s an unusual read. In a children’s book, a female character gets to be a spy for a change. She is spiky, not always likeable – and she notes down everything in her notebook. I’m sure there are various lessons in Harriet …
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Happy New Year! Just enough time to keep up the daily post. It’s also time to start a new theme for January. This month it’s all about those moments of connection when we read a.k.a. everything I know I learned from books. I like the notion of the autodictat: someone who teaches themselves. Some people …
Friday afternoon, and the library beckons. I took the last lot of books back in a rush, a day late, and didn’t get more out at the time. So now, more intentionally, we’re off to score some books. Because this is a household where new book acquisitions, even where they have to be given back …
I’m not a fan of over-capitalisation, but on this occasion it’s deserved. For useful facts are such fun, they are indeed Useful Facts, guaranteed to brighten a (particularly grey) day. You don’t have to be a nerd to enjoy them (although now that it is cooler to consider yourself one, and broadcast that fact, I …