Growing up in a Christian family, in a church, attending the myriad Christian events happening around the country has its many plus points. One of the downsides is that you get very good at expressing what you’re supposed to believe without actually believing it. Maybe that’s just my own experience but many of the challenges…
Jen lodged an official complaint today. She accused other happenings in my life of depriving my blog of the appropriate time and energy it deserves. So just for her, here is the round-up of everything in the last few weeks I intended to blog about and never quite got around to… So Swan Lake was…
I’ll be going home at the weekend and looking forward to a week of wonderful family Christmassy goodness, which for sure will include much baking and cooking, and probably will also include a couple of good movies. Ok, I tried to think of my top ten, but honestly I cannot htink of 10 good Christmas…
Working for a network of NGOs I am so very aware of how this current “economic crisis” is impacting the poorest of the poor, with many of our members praying desperately for enough donations to continue the vital work they are doing all over the world. So I know money is tight for many people…
(Brilliant photo from Rebecca!)
I have always really disliked mushrooms. If there were mushrooms in the dish, however small mum had chopped them, I would painstakingly pick them all out and pass the little pile on the side of my plate to her (my dad was doing exactly the same to Jen). I decided about a year ago that…