It's been some time since I blogged, as I think I've moved on a lot. ALthough I've moved away from blogging I still have Macmillan close to my heart.
If there are any London people (or somebody wanting a cultural night out!) interested in a wide range of music written by 5 different chaps who got to know each other because we used the same software, then this might be right up your street.
Songcircle is a…
A friend from my days at college has been diagnosed with a cancer and his most recent posting sparked the following riposte from yours truly:
"I'm sure most drug names are made up of the tiles left on players' racks in a poor game of Scrabble. They always seem to the Q without a U and always X Z and Y in them. I'm waiting for a drug with a name like zyxkroflolitnib to appear.
"Bollocks, I just Googled…
As Laing was the chef I rarely did much work in the kitchen.When I started to develop a very casual interest in nutrition and fitness I found the Raw Diet and there are some things I never thought of before which have increased my enjoyment of food, especially as I find meat less appealing as time goes by. I have often toyed with the idea of vegetarian/vegan foods and this was given a boost around the same time while…
Laing used to say that. Sometimes it irritated me, sometimes i smiled wryly.
But why think of it now? It was 2 years ago today, I noticed by accident when I was looking at my calendar on the phone, that Laing went into hospital for the first time, and they drained a litre of fluid off his lung. Little did I know that this was not a good sign. His breathing was much better, but eventually the fluid built up again and…
Love it , or loathe it, Marmite is a pretty handy ingredient. I made a fantastic chilli non carne, yes, you read that correctly. Marmite was part of the sauce bit. I think it could have done with a bit more moisture. I am toying with the idea of doubling the tomato quota from 1 can to 2. It was a recipe for 2-4 persons and lasted me 3 days and each day I had a different grain to go with it, rice, quinoa and millet. Trying…
