food, books, and nag

Made-up Recipe This tastes better than it looks – I think I need to add photography lessons to my list … More

Storm tossed

Toscaig Harbour The wild weather has given me the perfect excuse to stoke up the fire, coorie-in and settle down … More

Reads and Rants

Another troublesome bear – Rupert Gillian GibbonsThank goodness sense has prevailed and the Sudanese Government have released the British schoolteacher … More

Writing, reading and music

The Black Cab Sessions Check out the website. One singer, one song, one black cab, that’s the theme. BCS are … More

What a performance

Sigur Rós Venus as a Boy One of the best books I have read this year is Venus as a … More

Winter Crops

I live with the hope that my crops next year will surpass the fine specimines I admired in a Paris … More